2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Crows Nest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Crows Nest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Crows Nest, where the typical home now holds just two people. This shift is driven by a very high number of people living alone, which is far above both state and national figures.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Crows Nest — lower than 86% of areas.
| Crows Nest | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2065, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of people here live by themselves, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Because so many people live alone or in pairs, the typical home has only 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
38.5% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Crows Nest splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.3% of families, while couples without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 9.3% of the total.
9.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Crows Nest, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11132/crows-nest/topic/family-households