2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Penshurst · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Penshurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the national figure, Penshurst sees a typical home hosting 2.6 people. While household sizes mirror the state average, the area has a higher rate of one-parent families than most similar places. This mix of family types creates a residential profile that is common across New South Wales.
2.6
→ 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 Penshurst — higher than 57% of areas.
| Penshurst | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2222, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with an average of 2.6 people. About 25.3% of the population live alone, a figure that is about the same as across Australia.
25.3% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Penshurst splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.5%. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.8% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Penshurst, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13197/penshurst/topic/family-households