3.2 ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sawyers Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sawyers Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Sawyers Gully are couples with children, making it a primary hub for larger households. This is a place where homes are typically quite full, with the usual household containing 3.2 people.
3.2
▲ +18.5%
- 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 Sawyers Gully — higher than 89% of areas.
| Sawyers Gully | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2326, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, household size is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that very few people live alone here, at just 13.5% compared to 25.6% across Australia.
13.5% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sawyers Gully, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.4%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
12.4% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sawyers Gully, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Sawyers Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13514/sawyers-gully/topic/family-households