1.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rushcutters Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rushcutters Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 62% of households in Rushcutters Bay consist of people living alone, making it a place dominated by single-person homes. This creates a stark contrast to the rest of the country, with very few large families or multi-person households residing in the area.
1.5
→ 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 Rushcutters Bay — lower than 99% of areas.
| Rushcutters Bay | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| 2011, NSW | 1.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is very small, with only 1.5 people per dwelling—far below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 61.9% of people live alone, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
61.9% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rushcutters Bay, 1 person is the majority at 62%; 2 people is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, who make up 62.5% of the group. Only 8.4% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.4% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rushcutters Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Rushcutters Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13459/rushcutters-bay/topic/family-households