2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hernani · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hernani
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than six in ten families in Hernani have children, contributing to a household size that is larger than most similar areas. This rural community shows a strong prevalence of family units, with a very small number of single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
→ 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 Hernani — higher than 71% of areas.
| Hernani | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2453, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.7 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Interestingly, 27.8% of residents live alone, a rate a little above the Australian average.
27.8% ▲ +56.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hernani splits fairly evenly between 4 people (26%) and 2 people (24%), with 1 person at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.4% of families here, while one-parent families account for only 3.3%. This is far below the national and state figures of around 14%.
3.3% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hernani, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Hernani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11903/hernani/topic/family-households