2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawkesbury Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hawkesbury Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68% of families in Hawkesbury Heights, making it a strongly family-oriented area. This focus on family life is reflected in the home sizes, which are larger than those in most other areas.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Hawkesbury Heights — higher than 81% of areas.
| Hawkesbury Heights | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2777, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hawkesbury Heights has 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of Australia, at just 17.6%.
17.6% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hawkesbury Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are dominated by couples with children, who make up 68% of the total. One-parent families account for 12%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
12.0% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hawkesbury Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Hawkesbury Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11879/hawkesbury-heights/topic/family-households