2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hurstville
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share homes in Hurstville than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 2.8 people. This is a family-focused area where few people live alone and a majority of households are couples with children.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Hurstville — higher than 76% of areas.
| Hurstville | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2220, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 18.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 29.1% housing two people and 22.1% housing three.
18.6% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hurstville, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54.1%. One-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
13.8% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hurstville, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11971/hurstville/topic/family-households