2.7 ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pleasant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pleasant Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61% of families in Pleasant Hills, making them the most common household type. This is a family-focused area where fewer people live alone compared to the national average. The typical home is slightly larger than the national figure, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling.
2.7
▲ +12.5%
- 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 Pleasant Hills — higher than 71% of areas.
| Pleasant Hills | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2658, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 19.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 46.3%, and the typical home holds 2.7 people, slightly higher than the Australian average of 2.5.
19.5% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pleasant Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6% of the total, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families are couples, with 61% raising children and 28% without children.
6.0% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pleasant Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Pleasant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13240/pleasant-hills/topic/family-households