2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heatherbrae · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heatherbrae
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 43% of families in Heatherbrae consist of couples with children, making this the most common family type. However, the area is marked by a high number of people living alone, which helps explain why the typical home here has far fewer residents than the national average.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Heatherbrae — lower than 86% of areas.
| Heatherbrae | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Heatherbrae are much smaller than in most areas, with just 2.0 people per home compared to 2.5 nationally. This is driven by the fact that 38.4% of people live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
38.4% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Heatherbrae splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than in most similar areas. Couples without children also make up a large portion of the local families at 35%.
18.4% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heatherbrae, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (36%) 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 Heatherbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11891/heatherbrae/topic/family-households