3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beacon Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beacon Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.6% of the family landscape in Beacon Hill, making it a primary hub for families. This preference for larger households is clear, as the typical home here holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Beacon Hill — higher than 89% of areas.
| Beacon Hill | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2100, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Beacon Hill are larger than most, with 27% holding four people. Very few people live alone here—just 12%—which is far below the New South Wales rate of 25%.
12.0% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beacon Hill splits fairly evenly between 4 people (27%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.4% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beacon Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Beacon Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10238/beacon-hill/topic/family-households