Batehaven · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Batehaven

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Batehaven than in the rest of the country, with 36.9% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to the area having a much smaller typical household size than both the state and national figures.

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📍 Batehaven, Suburb / Locality

Where Batehaven sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -4.8%
  • 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 Batehaven — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Batehaven2.0
2536, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With only 2.0 people per home, Batehaven is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which are much more common here than in most other areas.

2.0 ▼ -4.8%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.9% ▲ +7.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.5%
  • 2016: 36.2%
  • 2021: 36.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Batehaven splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 22.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.8%.

22.8% ▼ -0.1%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.9%
  • 2016: 24.5%
  • 2021: 22.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Batehaven, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and One-parent families (23%).

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 Batehaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10228/batehaven/topic/family-households