2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandringham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandringham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Sandringham than in most similar areas, with 28% of households being single-person homes. While the typical home has 2.5 people, the area has a low rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Sandringham — higher than 50% of areas.
| Sandringham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2219, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 28% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 31.1% of all dwellings.
28.0% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sandringham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 61.8%. One-parent families make up 9.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.1% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandringham, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without 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 Sandringham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13493/sandringham/topic/family-households