Napoleon Reef · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Napoleon Reef

How families and households are made up across the area.

Just 3.8% of families are one-parent households in Napoleon Reef, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where most homes are occupied by couples, and very few people live on their own.

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📍 Napoleon Reef, Suburb / Locality

Where Napoleon Reef sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -17.9%
  • 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 Napoleon Reef — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Napoleon Reef2.3
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Only 14.8% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.3 ▼ -17.9%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.8% ▼ -6.4%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.8%
  • 2016: 15.8%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Napoleon Reef, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families, with 54.3% being couples without children and 39% with children. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas.

3.8% ▼ -38.0%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Napoleon Reef, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 40%.

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 Napoleon Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12903/napoleon-reef/topic/family-households