2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pretty Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pretty Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas is a defining feature of Pretty Beach. This small community is shaped by a high number of couples and a very low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
—
- 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 Pretty Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Pretty Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2257, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Half of all households consist of just two people, while 23% of residents live alone.
23.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pretty Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.4% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with and without children are the most common, each making up about 44% of families.
7.4% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Pretty Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 Pretty Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13273/pretty-beach/topic/family-households