1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McMahons Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in McMahons Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in McMahons Point are occupied by just one person. This makes it an area of small households, where the typical home holds only 1.8 people, far fewer than the national figure of 2.5.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 McMahons Point — lower than 91% of areas.
| McMahons Point | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2060, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 44.1% of all households. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia, contributing to a typical household size that is well below the state average.
44.1% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McMahons Point, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 53.0%. One-parent families are less common here than in most areas, accounting for only 7.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.6% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McMahons Point, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 McMahons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12557/mcmahons-point/topic/family-households