2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leura · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leura
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Leura than in the rest of the state, with 37.2% of households consisting of a single person. This makes the area's homes smaller than usual, as the typical house holds only 2.1 people compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Leura — lower than 81% of areas.
| Leura | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2780, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 39.7% of homes holding two people and 37.2% holding one. This explains why the number of people per home is much lower than in most other areas.
37.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Leura splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.7% of families, while couples without children account for 41.8%. One-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
13.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Leura splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Leura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12318/leura/topic/family-households