2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Matraville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Matraville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Matraville, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This makes the area feel more crowded than most, with a high proportion of families with children shaping the local landscape.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Matraville — higher than 71% of areas.
| Matraville | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2036, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. While 22.9% of people live alone—slightly below the national figure of 25.6%—the most common household size is two people at 28.5%.
22.9% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Matraville, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.1%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 15.6% of the total.
15.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Matraville, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Matraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12534/matraville/topic/family-households