2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scotts Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scotts Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Scotts Head are couples with children, making it the most common family type in the area. While family life is prominent, there is also a notable number of people living on their own, contributing to a typical home size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Scotts Head — lower than 76% of areas.
| Scotts Head | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2447, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 2.2 people per home, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is partly because 28.2% of residents live alone, a rate well above the state average.
28.2% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scotts Head, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.1% of families, while 38.9% are couples without children. Only 10.4% are one-parent families, which is well below both the state and national figures.
10.4% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scotts Head, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13523/scotts-head/topic/family-households