2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Avalon Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Avalon Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a defining feature of daily life in Avalon Beach, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone compared to the rest 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 Avalon Beach — higher than 76% of areas.
| Avalon Beach | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2107, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of residents live by themselves, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are shared, with 32.7% of households containing two people and 19% holding four.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Avalon Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 64.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 9.8% of the total, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Avalon Beach, 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 Avalon Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10112/avalon-beach/topic/family-households