2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Helensburgh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Helensburgh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.3% of families in Helensburgh, making it a strong stronghold for family life. The area is defined by larger living arrangements, with a typical home holding nearly three people.
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 Helensburgh — higher than 81% of areas.
| Helensburgh | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2508, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Helensburgh are larger than most, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 14.5%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Helensburgh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
9.8% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Helensburgh, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 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 Helensburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11897/helensburgh/topic/family-households