2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beechwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beechwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 15% of people live alone in Beechwood, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where most people live in larger groups, with the typical home holding nearly three people.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Beechwood — higher than 76% of areas.
| Beechwood | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2446, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per house. This is consistent with the fact that only 14.8% of residents live by themselves, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
14.8% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beechwood, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families are couples with children, and one-parent families make up 16.7% of the total. This last figure is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
16.7% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beechwood, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without 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 Beechwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10248/beechwood/topic/family-households