2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Padstow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Padstow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Padstow, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This level of crowding is much higher than in most similar areas, reflecting a community where family living is the dominant pattern.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Padstow — higher than 76% of areas.
| Padstow | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2211, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often more crowded than the national figure, with 2.8 people per household. This helps explain why only 21.1% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.1% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Padstow, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, with couples with children making up 63.1% of households. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
14.8% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Padstow, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Padstow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13131/padstow/topic/family-households