Regents Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Regents Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the biggest group in Regents Park, where 65.8% of families fit this description. This is a place of large households, with the typical home holding 3.0 people, which is much higher than most other areas.

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Where Regents Park 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 Regents Park — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Regents Park3.0
2143, NSW 3.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Regents Park are larger than typical Australian dwellings, holding 3.0 people on average. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Around 22.7% of people live alone, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.7% ▲ +10.8%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.5%
  • 2016: 20.1%
  • 2021: 22.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Regents Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 14.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the national and state averages of around 14%.

14.7% ▼ -18.4%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.0%
  • 2016: 15.8%
  • 2021: 14.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Regents Park, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Regents Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13358/regents-park/topic/family-households