3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bonnyrigg · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bonnyrigg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 58% of families in Bonnyrigg, making it a strong hub for parents. The area is known for having large households and a very high number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 Bonnyrigg — higher than 89% of areas.
| Bonnyrigg | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2177, NSW | 3.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bonnyrigg are crowded, with a typical 3.2 people per household, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.1% of people live alone, a rate well below both the state and national averages.
16.1% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bonnyrigg splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 4 people (21%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.2% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions of single-parent families for similar areas.
26.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bonnyrigg, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Bonnyrigg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10469/bonnyrigg/topic/family-households