Henley · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Henley

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly three people per home make Henley a place where larger households are the norm. This is a family-focused area where few people live alone and one-parent families are much less common than in the rest of the state.

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📍 Henley, Suburb / Locality

Where Henley sits — Average household size

2.9 ▲ +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 Henley — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Henley2.9
2111, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are typically larger than across Australia, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the low number of single-person households, which at 19.2% is well below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.9 ▲ +3.6%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.2% ▼ -8.7%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.1%
  • 2016: 17.6%
  • 2021: 19.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Henley, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families in Henley are couples with children, who make up 67.4% of the total. In contrast, one-parent families are rare at 7.2%, a figure well below the 14% seen across New South Wales.

7.2% ▲ +68.3%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Henley, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Henley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11898/henley/topic/family-households