2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McLeans Ridges · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in McLeans Ridges
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become the norm in McLeans Ridges, where the typical home now holds nearly three people. This is a community where very few people live alone, with the vast majority of residents living in family groups.
2.9
→ 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 McLeans Ridges — higher than 81% of areas.
| McLeans Ridges | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.9 people live in each home, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.2% of residents live alone, a rate far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
11.2% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McLeans Ridges, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central here, with couples with children making up 60.6% of households. One-parent families make up just 5.0% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
5.0% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McLeans Ridges, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 McLeans Ridges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12555/mcleans-ridges/topic/family-households