2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leonay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leonay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home in Leonay than in most similar areas, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This creates a community where very few people live alone, and the vast majority of households consist of families.
2.9
→ 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 Leonay — higher than 81% of areas.
| Leonay | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2750, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.2% of people live alone here, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than average, with 21.1% of households containing four people.
14.2% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leonay, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the clear majority of families at 66.4%. One-parent families account for 9.8%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leonay, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Leonay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12313/leonay/topic/family-households