2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mays Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mays Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Mays Hill have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on family living. Most homes here are occupied by couples with children, which means far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Mays Hill — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mays Hill | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2145, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mays Hill holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 19.3% of people live alone, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25%.
19.3% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mays Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.0% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mays Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Mays Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12548/mays-hill/topic/family-households