2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashby Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in Ashby Heights are couples without children, making it a key feature of the local area. Family life here is common, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Ashby Heights — lower than 57% of areas.
| Ashby Heights | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2463, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Ashby Heights holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 16.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
16.8% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ashby Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 46% of families, while those with children follow closely at 44.6%. One-parent families account for 6.7%, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.7% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ashby Heights splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (46%), with One-parent families at 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 Ashby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10096/ashby-heights/topic/family-households