2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shallow Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shallow Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Shallow Bay than in most other areas, with only 14.3% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where most people share their living space. The typical home here houses 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
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- 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 Shallow Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Shallow Bay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2428, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in the area house two people, making up 76.2% of all households. The proportion of people living alone is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shallow Bay, 2 people is the majority at 70%; 4 people is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 64.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.3% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shallow Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Shallow Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13537/shallow-bay/topic/family-households