2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Empire Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Empire Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Empire Bay than in the rest of the state, with only 19.2% of households being single-person homes. This contributes to a general trend of larger living arrangements, where the typical home holds 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Empire Bay — higher than 71% of areas.
| Empire Bay | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2257, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes have two people (34.2%), while 17.5% have four residents. The 19.2% of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.2% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Empire Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.4%. One-parent families account for 12.4% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Empire Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Empire Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11418/empire-bay/topic/family-households