2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Islington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Islington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements define daily life in Islington, where the typical home holds just 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
→ 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 Islington — lower than 81% of areas.
| Islington | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2296, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in Islington is smaller than those in most other areas.
33.4% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Islington splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, a little above the New South Wales average of 14.0%. Most families here are couples with children (46.6%) or couples without children (34.7%).
16.2% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Islington, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (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 Islington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11999/islington/topic/family-households