1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arrawarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shifting domestic landscape defines Arrawarra, where nearly half of all homes are now occupied by just one person. This trend has pushed the typical household size down to just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
→ 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 Arrawarra — lower than 89% of areas.
| Arrawarra | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2456, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 46% of people in Arrawarra live alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This helps explain why homes here have much fewer people than most other areas.
45.8% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arrawarra, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 68.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 14% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
14.0% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arrawarra, Couples without children is the majority at 67%; One-parent families is next at 14%.
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 Arrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10089/arrawarra/topic/family-households