2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Denistone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Denistone
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Denistone than in previous years, with a typical household now housing 2.9 people. This is a family-heavy area where the vast majority of homes are occupied by couples, and very few residents live on their own.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Denistone — higher than 81% of areas.
| Denistone | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2114, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.9% of people here live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Because so few people live solo, households are larger than most areas, typically holding 2.9 people.
13.9% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Denistone, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 66.3%. Only 9.0% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
9.0% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Denistone, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Denistone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11240/denistone/topic/family-households