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Family & Households in Bondi Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Bondi Beach than in most other similar areas. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households dominate, with the typical home holding only 2.0 people.

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Where Bondi Beach sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 Bondi Beach — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bondi Beach2.0
2026, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 36.1% of residents live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size is only 2.0 people, well below the New South Wales average of 2.6.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.1% ▲ +2.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 35.2%
  • 2016: 32.5%
  • 2021: 36.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Bondi Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 44.5%, followed closely by couples with children at 44.3%. One-parent families account for 9.6%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.

9.6% ▼ -7.1%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.3%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 9.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Bondi Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Bondi Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10463/bondi-beach/topic/family-households