3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Guildford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of all families in Guildford are couples with children, making it a place where large households are common. With 3.1 people per home, the area has some of the highest occupancy rates for its type in the country.
3.1
→ 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 Guildford — higher than 88% of areas.
| Guildford | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2161, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Home sizes are a little above the national figure of 2.5 people, with 12.4% of households containing six or more residents. This helps explain why the typical household size is among the highest at this level.
23.8% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Guildford splits fairly evenly between 1 person (24%) and 2 people (24%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion is much higher than most other similar areas.
17.5% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Guildford, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; One-parent families is next 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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11796/guildford/topic/family-households