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.
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.
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.
| Downside | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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).
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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