2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hickeys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hickeys Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in Hickeys Creek, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas, reflecting a community with a high number of people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Hickeys Creek — lower than 81% of areas.
| Hickeys Creek | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 29% of people live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why households are small, with 35.6% containing just two people and 28.8% containing only one.
28.8% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hickeys Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.7%, followed closely by couples without children at 41.5%.
16.0% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Hickeys Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Hickeys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11906/hickeys-creek/topic/family-households