2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.3% of families in East Hills, the most common household type in the area. This makes the suburb a strong hub for families, with a typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 East Hills — higher than 57% of areas.
| East Hills | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2213, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. About 25.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and national averages.
25.9% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.5% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas. This is slightly above the state and national figures.
14.5% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next 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 East Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11354/east-hills/topic/family-households