2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Austinmer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Austinmer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Austinmer, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than in most similar areas, reflecting a community where fewer people live by themselves compared to the state and national figures.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Austinmer — higher than 76% of areas.
| Austinmer | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2515, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.0% of people here live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 34.0% of all households.
17.0% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Austinmer, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, who account for 64.3% of the total. One-parent families make up 9.5%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Austinmer, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Austinmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10109/austinmer/topic/family-households