2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney - Outer South West · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Sydney - Outer South West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home across Sydney - Outer South West than in 2011, though households here remain larger than average. Most homes are family-based, with 64.2% consisting of couples with children.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 - Outer South West — higher than 93% of areas.
| Sydney - Outer South West | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, this area has some of the highest household sizes at this level, sitting a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is mirrored by the fact that only 18.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
18.3% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydney - Outer South West, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.7% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average and higher than most similar areas. This represents a small drop of 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
15.7% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 68% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney - Outer South West, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 - Outer South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/123/sydney-outer-south-west/topic/family-households