2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Salamander Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Salamander Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements are common in Salamander Bay, where 33.9% of people live alone. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. These small households mean that the typical home here holds fewer people than most other areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Salamander Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Salamander Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2317, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is reflected in the mix of households, with 40% holding two people and 33.9% being single-person homes.
33.9% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Salamander Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.2% of families, while those without children account for 41.7%. One-parent families make up 14.7%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
14.7% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Salamander Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Salamander Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13478/salamander-bay/topic/family-households