3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Denistone East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Denistone East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 3 people live in the typical Denistone East home, a figure that is a little above the national average. This is a family-focused area where very few people live alone compared to other parts of Australia. It is a place where large households are common, with over a quarter of homes housing four people.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 East — higher than 88% of areas.
| Denistone East | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2112, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, Denistone East has some of the highest household sizes for its area type. Only 15.4% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.4% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Denistone East splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.4% of the local family mix. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, sitting at 9.1% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
9.1% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Denistone East, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11241/denistone-east/topic/family-households