1.7 ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Great Mackerel Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Great Mackerel Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Great Mackerel Beach than the national figure. This small area is mostly made up of small households, with one-third of residents living alone, which is well above the New South Wales average.
1.7
▼ -22.7%
- 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 Great Mackerel Beach — lower than 94% of areas.
| Great Mackerel Beach | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2108, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds just 1.7 people, a figure well below the national average of 2.5. This is reflected in the high number of single-person households, which make up 33.3% of the area.
33.3% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Great Mackerel Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families here are couples without children, while 43.3% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.3% of the total, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
13.3% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Great Mackerel Beach, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Great Mackerel Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11751/great-mackerel-beach/topic/family-households