3.4 ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Guildford West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Guildford West
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.4 people per home makes Guildford West a place with some of the largest households in the region. This high number is reflected in the fact that very few people live alone here compared to the rest of the country. Most homes are occupied by families with children.
3.4
▲ +9.7%
- 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 Guildford West — higher than 93% of areas.
| Guildford West | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2161, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 14% of households containing six or more people. Only 15.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.8% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Guildford West — 2 people leads at 23%, ahead of 4 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 68.9%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting well above the national figure at 17.2%.
17.2% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Guildford West, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11797/guildford-west/topic/family-households