2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney - Sutherland · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Sydney - Sutherland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Sydney - Sutherland than in most other areas, with only 22.3% of households consisting of one person. This makes it a place where larger living arrangements are the norm. Most homes here are headed by couples, with families making up the vast majority of the residential landscape.
2.7
→ 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 - Sutherland — higher than 86% of areas.
| Sydney - Sutherland | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than in most areas. While about 33% of households have two people, only 22.3% are single-person homes, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
22.3% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydney - Sutherland, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64%, and one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 10.7%, the proportion of single-parent families is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.7% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney - Sutherland, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 - Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/128/sydney-sutherland/topic/family-households