1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Potato Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Potato Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than two people live in the typical home in Potato Point, which is well below the national figure. This small household size is driven by a high number of people living alone and a large proportion of couples without children.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Potato Point — lower than 89% of areas.
| Potato Point | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2545, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 28.4% of households, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, far lower than the 2.5 seen across Australia.
28.4% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Potato Point, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 62.9% of the group. One-parent families account for 13.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.3% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Potato Point, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 Potato Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13265/potato-point/topic/family-households