2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenhill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greenhill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Greenhill, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is a community with a high proportion of single-parent families and larger family units compared to national trends.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Greenhill — higher than 76% of areas.
| Greenhill | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per dwelling. While about 23% of people live alone—slightly lower than the New South Wales figure of 25%—the most common household size is two people, at 31.4%.
23.1% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greenhill, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 37.5% of the total, which is among the highest at this level and far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are almost as common at 37.3%.
37.5% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Greenhill splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (37%) and Couples with children (37%), with Couples without children at 24%.
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 Greenhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11769/greenhill/topic/family-households