3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horsley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Horsley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Horsley than in most similar areas, with the typical household now holding 3.0 people. This shift makes the area stand out as a place where few people live alone and family groups are the norm.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Horsley — higher than 86% of areas.
| Horsley | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2530, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with only 13.0% of people living alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.0% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Horsley, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.6%. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.0% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horsley, 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 Horsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11949/horsley/topic/family-households