Barangaroo · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Barangaroo

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty-one percent of people live alone in Barangaroo, a figure far above the national average. This creates a residential profile where small households are the norm and few families with children reside.

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📍 Barangaroo, Suburb / Locality

Where Barangaroo sits — Average household size

1.8 ▲ +28.6%
  • 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 Barangaroo — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Barangaroo1.8
2000, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With only 1.8 people per home, the typical household here is much smaller than in the rest of Australia. Small homes are common, as 43.3% of households have two people and 41.3% have just one.

1.8 ▲ +28.6%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

41.3% ▼ -38.0%

Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 66.7%
  • 2016: 36.8%
  • 2021: 41.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Barangaroo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (44%) and 1 person (42%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 60.7% of families, while one-parent families are well below the state and national figures at 7.9%.

7.9% ▼ -88.2%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 66.7%
  • 2016: 19.7%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Barangaroo, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 30%.

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 Barangaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10192/barangaroo/topic/family-households