3.6 ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bonnyrigg Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bonnyrigg Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of families in Bonnyrigg Heights are couples with children, making it a place defined by large households. Most homes are crowded compared to the rest of the country, with a typical household containing 3.6 people. This high number is driven by very few people living alone.
3.6
▼ -5.3%
- 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 Heights — higher than 96% of areas.
| Bonnyrigg Heights | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 2177, NSW | 3.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 3.6 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Only 9.2% of people live alone, a rate far below the national figure of 25.6%.
9.2% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bonnyrigg Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
18.1% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bonnyrigg Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; One-parent families is next at 18%.
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10470/bonnyrigg-heights/topic/family-households