2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bexley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bexley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Bexley, where 65.2% of families fit this category. This is a place where homes tend to be busier than usual, with more people living under one roof compared to the national average.
2.9
→ 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 Bexley — higher than 81% of areas.
| Bexley | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2207, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Bexley has a typical household size of 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas. This trend is linked to the fact that only 20.7% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
20.7% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bexley, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.9% of the local total. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
13.9% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bexley, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Bexley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10333/bexley/topic/family-households