2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alpine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alpine
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than two-thirds of families in Alpine are couples with children, making it a place where family life is central. The area is defined by larger living arrangements, with far fewer people living alone than in most other parts of the country.
2.8
—
- 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 Alpine — higher than 76% of areas.
| Alpine | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Alpine are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per home, which is a little above the national figure. Only 17.3% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
17.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alpine, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 65.9% of the local mix. One-parent families account for 13.5%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.5% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alpine, 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 Alpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10044/alpine/topic/family-households