2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oxley Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oxley Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm on Oxley Island, where 2.8 people live in the typical home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Oxley Island — higher than 76% of areas.
| Oxley Island | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (34.8%), though 17% of households contain four people.
16.1% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oxley Island, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 68.1% of the area. Only 7.3% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
7.3% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oxley Island, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Oxley Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13120/oxley-island/topic/family-households