2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hat Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hat Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Hat Head, where the typical home holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a very high number of people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Hat Head — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hat Head | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of people live alone, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 25.6%. Nearly 45% of homes are shared by just two people, while only 4.2% of households have four people.
33.9% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hat Head, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 51.8%. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
11.7% ▼ -32.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hat Head, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Hat Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11876/hat-head/topic/family-households