2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oyster Cove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oyster Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the national average marks Oyster Cove. While most homes house about two people, the area has a distinct family makeup compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
—
- 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 Oyster Cove — lower than 57% of areas.
| Oyster Cove | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2318, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
21.6% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oyster Cove, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families here are couples without children, accounting for 54.3%.
21.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oyster Cove, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Oyster Cove
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Oyster Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13124/oyster-cove/topic/family-households