3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jeir · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jeir
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Jeir than in the rest of the state, with only 9.2% of households being single-person. This creates a community where most people live in larger groups, resulting in a typical home size that is a little above the national figure.
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 Jeir — higher than 86% of areas.
| Jeir | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2582, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Jeir are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 35.6% of households have two people, while over half have three or more residents.
9.2% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jeir, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households here are family-based, with 60.9% being couples with children. One-parent families make up only 8.6% of the total, which is well below both the New South Wales and national figures.
8.6% ▲ +67.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jeir, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Jeir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12013/jeir/topic/family-households