3.3 ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sefton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sefton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in Sefton, which is well above the national figure. This makes it an area where large households are the norm, though there are far fewer people living alone than in most other parts of the country.
3.3
▲ +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 Sefton — higher than 91% of areas.
| Sefton | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 2162, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical size of 3.3 people per home, Sefton's households are well above the New South Wales average of 2.6. Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% national figure.
20.0% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sefton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (20%) and 1 person (20%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68% of families here. One-parent families account for 17.5% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
17.5% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sefton, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; One-parent families is next at 18%.
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 Sefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13531/sefton/topic/family-households