2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackheath · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blackheath
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements define daily life in Blackheath, where the typical home holds just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 people per home, reflecting a community with a high number of single-person households.
2.0
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- 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 Blackheath — lower than 86% of areas.
| Blackheath | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2785, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.8% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This explains why home sizes are much lower than most areas, with 40% of households consisting of just two people.
35.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blackheath splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the community, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.1%.
17.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Blackheath splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Blackheath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10392/blackheath/topic/family-households