Seal Rocks · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Seal Rocks

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Seal Rocks are couples without children, making it a place where smaller households are the norm. The area is characterised by a high number of people living alone and a typical home size that is smaller than most other areas.

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Where Seal Rocks sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Seal Rocks — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Seal Rocks2.1
2423, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 33.3% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Seal Rocks holds only 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.3
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Seal Rocks, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.1% of the local total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. Couples without children are the most common family type at 54.3%.

Family composition

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In Seal Rocks, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 22%.

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 Seal Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13527/seal-rocks/topic/family-households