2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petersham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Petersham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of homes in Petersham are occupied by just one person, making it a place where single-person living is far more common than in most other areas. This trend leads to a smaller typical household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2
→ 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 Petersham — lower than 76% of areas.
| Petersham | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2049, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household size is lower than in most other areas.
35.1% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Petersham splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 54%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.1% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petersham, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Petersham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13202/petersham/topic/family-households