2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malua Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Malua Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in Malua Bay, where typical homes hold just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5. The area is mostly made up of couples, both those with and without children.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Malua Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Malua Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all homes (47.3%) are shared by two people, which helps explain why the number of people per home is lower than most areas. About 23.6% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the New South Wales average of 25%.
23.6% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Malua Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 44.1%, followed closely by couples with children at 42.1%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
13.8% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Malua Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with 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 Malua Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12471/malua-bay/topic/family-households