Point Frederick · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Point Frederick

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Point Frederick than in most similar areas. This makes for a small typical household size of just 2.0 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. These trends highlight a residential profile dominated by single-person homes and small family units.

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📍 Point Frederick, Suburb / Locality

Where Point Frederick sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 Point Frederick — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Point Frederick2.0
2250, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 36.8% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why the area has much lower occupancy per home than most other regions, with 38.5% of households consisting of two people.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.8% ▼ -9.7%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 40.8%
  • 2016: 36.5%
  • 2021: 36.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Point Frederick splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.8% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 14.0%. Couples with children and couples without children are the most common family types, at 40.7% and 39.2% respectively.

17.8% ▲ +20.9%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.7%
  • 2016: 17.8%
  • 2021: 17.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Point Frederick splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.

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 Point Frederick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13244/point-frederick/topic/family-households