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.
Denhams Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Denhams Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of one-parent families is the most striking feature of Denhams Beach, where 22.5% of families fit this profile. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is mostly made up of small households, with the typical home holding just over two people.
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 Denhams Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Denhams Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
28.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Denhams Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.5% of the area, a figure that is much higher than most other similar places. Couples without children are the most common family type at 39.4%, followed by couples with children at 35.7%.
22.5% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Denhams Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families 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 Denhams Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11238/denhams-beach/topic/family-households