2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Monterey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Monterey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of homes in Monterey are occupied by just one person, which is well above the national figure. While the area has a strong base of couples with children, it is also a place where many people live independently.
2.5
▲ +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 Monterey — higher than 50% of areas.
| Monterey | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2217, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian average. However, 28.7% of households consist of one person, a rate notably higher than in most other areas.
28.7% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Monterey splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.4% of the total, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure.
14.4% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Monterey, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Monterey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12697/monterey/topic/family-households