2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Peakhurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Peakhurst house three or more people, reflecting a strong focus on family living. This area has a higher number of people per home than most similar places, with 64.5% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Peakhurst — higher than 71% of areas.
| Peakhurst | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2210, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Peakhurst holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most other areas. While 27.7% of households have two people, about a quarter of residents live alone, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average.
24.9% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Peakhurst splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (25%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 64.5%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
14.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Peakhurst, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Peakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13179/peakhurst/topic/family-households