2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boat Harbour
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Boat Harbour than in most other areas, making it a place where most residents share their home. It is a family-oriented community where the typical home holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Boat Harbour — higher than 57% of areas.
| Boat Harbour | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2316, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This explains why two-person homes are the most common, making up 42.5% of all households.
16.7% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boat Harbour, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.6%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
10.6% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boat Harbour, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10424/boat-harbour/topic/family-households