2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Haymarket · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Haymarket are couples without children, making it a place dominated by adult pairs. This trend is reflected in the broader housing data, where two-person households are the most common living arrangement.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Haymarket — lower than 57% of areas.
| Haymarket | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2000, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Single-person households are more common here than in most areas, making up 27.6% of all homes.
2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.6% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Haymarket, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 59.8% having no children and 25.8% having children.
8.4% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Haymarket, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Haymarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11884/haymarket/topic/family-households