Bar Point · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bar Point

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all homes in Bar Point are occupied by just one person. This makes it a place where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding far fewer people than the state or national average.

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Where Bar Point sits — Average household size

1.7 ▼ -22.7%
  • 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 Bar Point — lower than 94% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bar Point1.7
2083, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 52.7% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, there are only 1.7 people per home, which is well below the typical Australian household size of 2.5.

1.7 ▼ -22.7%

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 1.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

52.7% ▲ +34.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 39.2%
  • 2016: 58.8%
  • 2021: 52.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bar Point, 1 person is the majority at 51%; 2 people is next at 30%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 61%, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, accounting for only 5.1% of the total.

5.1% ▼ -17.3%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 26.3%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bar Point, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 37%.

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 Bar Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10189/bar-point/topic/family-households