2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandy Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandy Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 10.8% of people live alone in Sandy Point, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This small community is defined by larger households and a very high proportion of families with children.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Sandy Point — higher than 81% of areas.
| Sandy Point | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2172, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than average, with 2.9 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. Most households contain two people (36.6%) or four people (26.3%), while those living alone are far fewer than in the rest of New South Wales.
10.8% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandy Point, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 68.6% of all families. This helps explain why one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 4.3%, well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.3% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandy Point, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Sandy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13502/sandy-point/topic/family-households