Downside · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Downside

How families and households are made up across the area.

Only 13.5% of people in Downside live alone, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area a place of larger households, where the vast majority of residents share their homes with others.

Open map →
📍 Downside, Suburb / Locality

Where Downside sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -16.1%
  • 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 Downside — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Downside2.6
2650, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that nearly 46% of homes house two people, while 24.3% hold four people.

2.6 ▼ -16.1%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.5% ▲ +4.4%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 18.8%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Downside, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 4 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families at 56.5%. One-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.

11.8% ▲ +137.3%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 11.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Downside, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Downside

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Downside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11287/downside/topic/family-households