Reidsdale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Reidsdale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Higher rates of solo living set Reidsdale apart from similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, nearly 29% of households consist of just one person.

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📍 Reidsdale, Suburb / Locality

Where Reidsdale sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Reidsdale — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Reidsdale2.4
2622, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 28.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 42.2% of the total.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.9%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.3%
  • 2021: 28.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Reidsdale, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children form the largest group at 59.1%, while one-parent families make up 9.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.7%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 9.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Reidsdale, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Reidsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13361/reidsdale/topic/family-households