2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Red Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Red Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Red Head consist of just two people. This makes the area feel smaller and more quiet than typical Australian suburbs, with a lower average number of people living under one roof.
2.3
→ 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 Red Head — lower than 71% of areas.
| Red Head | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 23.7% of residents live alone, a rate that sits around the middle for similar areas.
23.7% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Red Head, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 45.9%. One-parent families account for 9.6% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.6% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Red Head splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Red Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13342/red-head/topic/family-households