1.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 1.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elizabeth Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elizabeth Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements have become the defining feature of Elizabeth Bay, where 62% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure and reflects a neighborhood of mostly single-person households. The typical home here is much smaller than average, holding only 1.5 people.
1.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Elizabeth Bay — lower than 99% of areas.
| Elizabeth Bay | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| 2011, NSW | 1.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 62% of households consisting of one person, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home holds just 1.5 people, among the lowest figures for any similar area.
62.0% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elizabeth Bay, 1 person is the majority at 62%; 2 people is next at 31%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 70.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.5%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.5% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elizabeth Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 70%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 Elizabeth Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11398/elizabeth-bay/topic/family-households