2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beresfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Beresfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 24% of families in Beresfield are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct household landscape where small homes and single-person living are more common than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Beresfield — lower than 71% of areas.
| Beresfield | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2322, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Beresfield are smaller than usual, with only 2.3 people per household. This is partly because 29.6% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%.
29.6% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Beresfield splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 23.6% of the total, placing Beresfield among the highest for this family type. This is well above the Australian average of 14.1%, while couples with children account for 46% of families.
23.6% ▲ +39.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Beresfield, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Beresfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10301/beresfield/topic/family-households