2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highfields · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highfields
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Highfields (NSW) have remained steady since 2011. The area is mostly made up of families, with 65.4% of households consisting of couples with children. This high proportion of families means fewer people live alone here compared to the state and national figures.
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 Highfields — higher than 71% of areas.
| Highfields | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2289, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Highfields hold more people than usual, with 2.7 people per home. This is reflected in the fact that only 18.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
18.2% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highfields, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.4%, while couples without children account for 20.8%. One-parent families make up 12.4% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.4% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highfields, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Highfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11909/highfields/topic/family-households