Berridale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Berridale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Berridale than in most similar areas. This trend helps explain why homes here typically hold only 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Berridale, Suburb / Locality

Where Berridale sits — Average household size

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 Berridale — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Berridale2.3
2628, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.9% of households are people living alone, a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 25.0%. Two-person homes are the most common at 36.4%, while larger homes with five people are rare at 5.1%.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.9% ▲ +14.4%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.9%
  • 2016: 32.2%
  • 2021: 31.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Berridale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of families here are couples with children (54.5%). One-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.

13.5% ▲ +12.0%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.1%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Berridale, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Berridale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10315/berridale/topic/family-households