3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Linley Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Linley Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just under 10% of people live alone in Linley Point, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This small pocket is mostly made up of larger family groups, with the typical home holding 3.0 people.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Linley Point — higher than 86% of areas.
| Linley Point | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2066, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 39% of households consisting of two people and 20% having three. Only 9.8% of residents live alone, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 25%.
9.8% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Linley Point, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 66%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 6.7%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of around 14%.
6.7% ▲ +105.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Linley Point, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Linley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12350/linley-point/topic/family-households