3.1 ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scarborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Scarborough than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 3.1 people. This is a place where very few people live alone, as the area is dominated by families and multi-person homes.
3.1
▲ +10.7%
- 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 Scarborough — higher than 88% of areas.
| Scarborough | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2515, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.6% of people here live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has 3.1 people, a little above the New South Wales average of 2.6.
14.6% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scarborough, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66% of families, while one-parent families account for just 8.5%. This share of single parents is well below both the state and national figures of around 14%.
8.5% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scarborough, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13515/scarborough/topic/family-households