2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Botany · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Botany
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Botany than in most similar areas, with typical homes holding 2.6 people. This is a community where 63.5% of families consist of couples with children, though one-parent families are also more common here than in most other nearby places.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Botany — higher than 57% of areas.
| Botany | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2019, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of homes are shared by two people, while 24.1% of residents live alone. This lone-person figure is around the middle for its level and sits just below the national figure of 25.6%.
24.1% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Botany, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 63.5%. One-parent families represent 12.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
12.5% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Botany, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10515/botany/topic/family-households