Pleasure Point · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pleasure Point

How families and households are made up across the area.

A typical home in Pleasure Point holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This area is defined by large households and a very high proportion of families with children, leaving very few people living on their own.

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Where Pleasure Point sits — Average household size

3.5 ▲ +2.9%
  • 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 Pleasure Point — higher than 95% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pleasure Point3.5
2172, NSW 3.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With only 7.5% of people living alone, this is far below the 25.6% national average. Larger homes are the norm here, as 28.9% of households contain four people and another 21.9% have five or more.

3.5 ▲ +2.9%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4
  • 2016: 3.5
  • 2021: 3.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

7.5% ▼ -26.5%

Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Pleasure Point, the largest group is 4 people at 28%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 2 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 81.6% of all families, contributing to a one-parent family rate of just 4.0%. This is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.

4.0% ▼ -35.9%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pleasure Point, Couples with children is the majority at 81%; Couples without children is next at 15%.

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 Pleasure Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13241/pleasure-point/topic/family-households