2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malabar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Malabar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Malabar, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person households sits alongside a strong presence of families with children, making for a varied mix of home lives in the area.
2.6
→ 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 Malabar — higher than 57% of areas.
| Malabar | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2036, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Malabar holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While 29.9% of households are single people, larger homes are also common, with 19.1% of dwellings housing four people.
29.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Malabar splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (26%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 65.1%. One-parent families account for 12.9% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
12.9% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malabar, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Malabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12462/malabar/topic/family-households