3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heckenberg · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heckenberg
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Heckenberg than in most other similar areas. This creates a busy living environment where just 18.5% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average. The area is defined by large households and a very high proportion of single-parent families.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Heckenberg — higher than 91% of areas.
| Heckenberg | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2168, NSW | 3.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are crowded, with a typical 3.3 people per dwelling, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 13.6% of households contain six or more people.
18.5% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Heckenberg — 2 people leads at 24%, ahead of 1 person (18%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 31.1% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. These families, alongside couples with children who make up 54.8%, drive the high number of people living together in the area.
31.1% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heckenberg, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Heckenberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11894/heckenberg/topic/family-households