3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Phillip Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Phillip Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Phillip Bay compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where large households are common, with a typical home holding 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 Phillip Bay — higher than 88% of areas.
| Phillip Bay | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2036, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 22.2% holding four people and 10.9% holding five. Only 18.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
18.1% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Phillip Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Phillip Bay consist of couples with children, making up 66.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.4%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.4% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Phillip Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Phillip Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13205/phillip-bay/topic/family-households