2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heathcote
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 65% of families in Heathcote are couples with children, making it an area where family life is very prominent. This high proportion of families with children helps explain why homes here are generally larger than the national average.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Heathcote — higher than 71% of areas.
| Heathcote | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2233, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Heathcote holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 21.1% of households are people living alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
21.1% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up 10.6% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most of the area's families are couples, with 64.1% raising children and 24.6% without.
10.6% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heathcote, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11890/heathcote/topic/family-households