Pottery Estate · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pottery Estate

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty-four per cent of households in Pottery Estate are made up of people living alone. This is one of the highest rates for this type of home in the region, which helps explain why the typical home has far fewer people than the state and national figures.

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📍 Pottery Estate, Suburb / Locality

Where Pottery Estate sits — Average household size

1.9
  • 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 Pottery Estate — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pottery Estate1.9
2790, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 44.2% of residents living alone and 40.4% in two-person homes, the typical home here has just 1.9 people. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.

1.9

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

44.2%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 38.9%
  • 2021: 44.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Pottery Estate splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parents make up 34.9% of families in Pottery Estate, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 36.5%.

34.9%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.7%
  • 2021: 34.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Pottery Estate splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (35%), with Couples without children at 23%.

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 Pottery Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13266/pottery-estate/topic/family-households