Hobbys Yards · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Hobbys Yards

How families and households are made up across the area.

About half of the families in Hobbys Yards are couples with children. This small community has a high number of people living alone and smaller typical households compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Hobbys Yards, Suburb / Locality

Where Hobbys Yards sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Hobbys Yards — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Hobbys Yards2.2
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up 35.5% of households, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home in Hobbys Yards has 2.2 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.5%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 35.5%
  • 2021: 35.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Hobbys Yards, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children are the most common family type at 50.9%. One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

12.3%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 12.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Hobbys Yards, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).

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 Hobbys Yards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11925/hobbys-yards/topic/family-households