Heddon Greta · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Heddon Greta

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the biggest group in Heddon Greta, where 61.6% of families fall into this category. This helps explain why the area has a much higher number of people per home than most other places. It is a community where few people live alone and larger households are common.

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📍 Heddon Greta, Suburb / Locality

Where Heddon Greta sits — Average household size

2.9 ▼ -3.3%
  • 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 Heddon Greta — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Heddon Greta2.9
2321, NSW 2.8
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.9 people per home, households here are a little larger than the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Very few people live alone, at just 13.1%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.9 ▼ -3.3%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.1% ▲ +26.3%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 13.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Heddon Greta, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is a little above both the state and national figures. Most families are couples with children, while 22.4% are couples without children.

15.4% ▲ +47.2%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.4%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 15.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Heddon Greta, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

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 Heddon Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11895/heddon-greta/topic/family-households