2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buff Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buff Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of single-parent homes shapes the domestic life of Buff Point, where 18.1% of families are led by one parent. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While most homes are family-based, about 27.7% of the population lives alone.
2.4
→ 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 Buff Point — lower than 57% of areas.
| Buff Point | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2262, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36% of the total.
27.7% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buff Point, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while 29.5% are couples without children. The proportion of one-parent families is much higher than in most other areas.
18.1% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buff Point, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Buff Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10642/buff-point/topic/family-households