Putney · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Putney

How families and households are made up across the area.

Three people per home is the typical living arrangement in Putney, which is a little above the national figure. This is a family-focused area where very few people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Putney sits — Average household size

3.0 → 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 Putney — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Putney3.0
2112, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 14.4% of people live alone here, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are more crowded than most areas, with 29.6% of households containing two people and 23.4% holding four.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.4% ▼ -9.7%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.0%
  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 14.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Putney, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.1%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.

8.1% ▼ -16.4%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 9.2%
  • 2021: 8.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Putney, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Putney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13290/putney/topic/family-households