Haymarket · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Haymarket

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.

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📍 Haymarket, Suburb / Locality

Where Haymarket sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -7.7%
  • 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 Haymarket — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Haymarket2.4
2000, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.6% ▲ +24.1%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.2%
  • 2016: 18.2%
  • 2021: 27.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Haymarket, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Haymarket, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

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