2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney - Parramatta · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Sydney - Parramatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home have lived in Sydney - Parramatta since 2011, though households here remain larger than in most other areas. The typical home now holds 2.8 people, reflecting a shift toward slightly smaller living arrangements over the last decade.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 - Parramatta — higher than 89% of areas.
| Sydney - Parramatta | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Sydney - Parramatta are more crowded than the national figure, with only 21.6% of people living alone. This is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia, and only 21.6% of households consist of just one person.
21.6% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydney - Parramatta, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, who make up 64.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.0%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
13.0% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney - Parramatta, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 - Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/125/sydney-parramatta/topic/family-households