Port Hacking · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Port Hacking

How families and households are made up across the area.

A typical home in Port Hacking holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This area is mostly made up of larger family groups, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Port Hacking, Suburb / Locality

Where Port Hacking sits — Average household size

3.2 → 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 Port Hacking — higher than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Port Hacking3.2
2229, NSW 2.6
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are among the most crowded at this level, and only 10% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. About 29.6% of households have two people, while 25.5% have four people.

3.2 → 0.0%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.0% ▼ -18.5%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.2%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Port Hacking splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 5 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 74.3% of families, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 6.5%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.

6.5% ▼ -11.1%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 6.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Port Hacking, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 19%.

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 Port Hacking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13256/port-hacking/topic/family-households