3.4 ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jerrara · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jerrara
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge gap exists between Jerrara and the rest of the country, where homes are far more crowded than usual. Most households here are large families, with the typical home holding 3.4 people compared to the national figure of 2.5.
3.4
▲ +21.4%
- 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 Jerrara — higher than 93% of areas.
| Jerrara | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2533, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone in Jerrara, at just 7.5%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, large households are common, with a quarter of all homes containing five people.
7.5% ▼ -61.3%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jerrara, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 5 people (25%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 69.4% of the area. One-parent families account for 8.9%, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
8.9% ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jerrara, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Jerrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12026/jerrara/topic/family-households