3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beecroft · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beecroft
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.7% of families in Beecroft, making it a strong hub for family life. This is reflected in larger homes and a much smaller proportion of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. The area is primarily defined by these larger family units.
3.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Beecroft — higher than 86% of areas.
| Beecroft | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2119, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Beecroft are busier than usual, with 3.0 people per home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with only 15% of people living alone, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.0% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beecroft splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, while one-parent families make up just 7.2%. This is well below both the state and national figures, which sit around 14%.
7.2% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beecroft, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Beecroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10249/beecroft/topic/family-households