2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney - Inner West · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Sydney - Inner West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Sydney - Inner West than in most similar areas. This region sees a high proportion of couples with children, making up 57.9% of families. While household sizes have remained steady, the area reflects a mix of family-led homes and a growing number of people living by themselves.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Sydney - Inner West — higher than 57% of areas.
| Sydney - Inner West | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in the Inner West holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. About 26.2% of people live alone, a figure that has risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
26.2% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 55% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydney - Inner West, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.3% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 14%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 57.9%.
11.3% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 85% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney - Inner West, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sydney - Inner West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/120/sydney-inner-west/topic/family-households