2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blue Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all households in Blue Bay consist of people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than in most other areas. The community is a mix of couples and single parents, with a notable number of one-parent families.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Blue Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Blue Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2261, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is because 36.5% of people live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
36.5% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blue Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.8% of the population, which is well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with and without children are the most common family types, each representing about 39% of the total.
19.8% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Blue Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families 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 Blue Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10413/blue-bay/topic/family-households