2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Patchs Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Patchs Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households than most similar areas define Patchs Beach, where only 2.1 people live in the typical home. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
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- 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 Patchs Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
| Patchs Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 45%, while 25% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Patchs Beach, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, which is a high proportion compared to the 10% of one-parent families. This last figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Patchs Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Patchs Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13169/patchs-beach/topic/family-households