3.2 → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney - South West · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Sydney - South West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Sydney - South West have remained steady since 2011, with a typical home holding 3.2 people. This area is much more likely to have large households than other parts of the country. It is a region where few people live alone, which helps explain why home sizes stay so high.
3.2
→ 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 - South West — higher than 99% of areas.
| Sydney - South West | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.2 people, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 16.5% of households are people living alone, a rate well below both the state and national figures.
16.5% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sydney - South West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 4 people (20%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 17.0% of the total, which is much higher than most other areas and a little above the national figure.
17.0% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 84% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney - South West, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/127/sydney-south-west/topic/family-households