2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orient Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Orient Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas define Orient Point, where small households are common. About 2.3 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▼ -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 Orient Point — lower than 71% of areas.
| Orient Point | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people live alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. This helps explain why households are smaller here, with 42.7% of homes housing just two people.
29.6% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orient Point, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
19.5% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orient Point, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Orient Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13107/orient-point/topic/family-households