3.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prestons · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prestons
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Prestons holds far more people than the national figure, with 3.6 people per household. This creates a distinct local profile where large families are common and very few people live on their own. Only 8.8% of residents live alone, which is far below the same figure for New South Wales.
3.6
→ 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 Prestons — higher than 96% of areas.
| Prestons | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 2170, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 27.9% of households holding four people and another 10.7% holding six or more. This explains why the number of people per home is well above the state and national averages.
8.8% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prestons, the largest group is 4 people at 28%, followed by 2 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74.6%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
13.3% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prestons, Couples with children is the majority at 75%; One-parent families is next at 13%.
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 Prestons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13272/prestons/topic/family-households