2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines the domestic life of Hay. This town is more likely to have smaller households than most other areas, with over a third of homes housing just one person.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Hay — lower than 76% of areas.
| Hay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2711, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hay holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is partly because people living alone make up 34.9% of households, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
34.9% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.5% of the total, which is much higher than in most areas and well above the 14.1% national figure. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.
18.5% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hay, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11881/hay/topic/family-households