2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Byron Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Byron Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of people living alone has become a defining feature of Byron Bay's domestic life. The area is now marked by smaller households, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Byron Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Byron Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2481, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of people here live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is lower than in most other areas.
33.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Byron Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.1% of families, while 39.5% are couples without children. Single-parent families account for 14.3%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
14.3% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Byron Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10731/byron-bay/topic/family-households