2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glebe · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glebe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living spaces define daily life in Glebe, where the typical home holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a neighbourhood dominated by single residents and couples.
2.0
→ 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 Glebe — lower than 86% of areas.
| Glebe | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2037, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 42.5% of people in Glebe live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend explains why the area has among the highest proportions of one-person households compared to similar areas.
42.5% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glebe, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.0% of the area, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.8%.
17.0% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Glebe splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Glebe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11645/glebe/topic/family-households