2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Long Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Long Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well below the national figure for one-parent families marks the family landscape in Long Point. Most homes here are headed by couples, with a strong presence of families raising children. The area generally follows state trends for household size, though it has more people living alone than most similar areas.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Long Point — higher than 57% of areas.
| Long Point | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2564, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. A notable 27.1% of people live alone, a figure that is higher than most areas and slightly above the national average.
27.1% ▲ +120.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Long Point, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.5%. Only 7.0% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.0% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Long Point, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Long Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12390/long-point/topic/family-households