2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexandria · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alexandria
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Alexandria, where 35% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is a much higher rate of single-person households than in most other areas. These trends make the suburb a hub for individuals and couples rather than large family groups.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Alexandria — lower than 86% of areas.
| Alexandria | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2015, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Alexandria holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of people living alone, a figure that sits far above the New South Wales average.
35.0% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alexandria, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 49.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.9%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
6.9% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alexandria, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (7%).
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 Alexandria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10030/alexandria/topic/family-households