3.0 ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shalvey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shalvey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Shalvey as the area's family structures shift. This is a place where families typically live in larger groups, with the typical home holding 3.0 people.
3.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Shalvey — higher than 86% of areas.
| Shalvey | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2770, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.0 people per home, Shalvey has much larger households than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
20.1% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shalvey, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.2% of the area, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is one of the highest proportions for this type of family across similar areas.
32.2% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shalvey, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 32%.
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 Shalvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13538/shalvey/topic/family-households