1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Redfern · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Redfern
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Redfern become a place where many people live alone. The typical home now holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person households.
1.9
→ 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 Redfern — lower than 89% of areas.
| Redfern | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2016, NSW | 1.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 42.4% of Redfern residents live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%. Because of this, the area has much lower occupancy per home than most other areas.
42.4% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Redfern, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here at 50.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
9.9% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Redfern, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13352/redfern/topic/family-households