2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hawks Nest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements have become more common in Hawks Nest over the last decade. The area is now defined by a very low typical household size of just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 Hawks Nest — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hawks Nest | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.8% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 25.0%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical home size is much lower than most other areas.
34.8% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hawks Nest, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 54.4%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.3% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hawks Nest, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/family-households