3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Osterley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Osterley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger home sizes have become more common in Osterley, where the typical home now holds 3.2 people. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where big families are the norm and very few people live by themselves.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Osterley — higher than 89% of areas.
| Osterley | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, Osterley has some of the largest households at this level. Only 8.1% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
8.1% ▲ +62.2%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Osterley, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 5 people (18%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68.7% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 2.6%, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
2.6% ▼ -67.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Osterley, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Osterley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13110/osterley/topic/family-households