2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Berkeley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Berkeley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families are much more common in Berkeley than in other similar areas. While the typical home has about 2.5 people, there is a notable mix of larger family homes and a high number of people living on their own.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Berkeley — higher than 50% of areas.
| Berkeley | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2506, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.6% of people in Berkeley live alone, which is a little above the national figure. The most common home size is two people, making up 32.2% of all households.
27.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Berkeley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.8% of the total, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and national averages. More than half of all families are couples with children.
23.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Berkeley, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Berkeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10303/berkeley/topic/family-households