2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Retreat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Retreat
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking absence of single-parent homes defines the family life in Retreat, where not one such household was recorded in 2021. This gap is far below the 14.1% national figure, making the area's family structure quite unusual compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
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- 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 Retreat — lower than 71% of areas.
| Retreat | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2355, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Retreat hold fewer people than usual, with 2.3 people per household. This is a little below both the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Retreat, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 53.8%, while couples with children account for 38.5%. There are no one-parent or other family types in the area, a figure far below the New South Wales state average of 14%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Retreat, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13368/retreat/topic/family-households