2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shanes Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shanes Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Shanes Park, which is a little above the national figure. This area has a notably high proportion of larger households and a higher rate of single-parent families than most similar places.
2.9
▼ -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 Shanes Park — higher than 81% of areas.
| Shanes Park | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2747, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the New South Wales figure of 2.6. About 24.6% of people live alone, which is roughly the same as the Australian average.
24.6% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Shanes Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.5% of families. One-parent families account for 15.9%, which is a little above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
15.9% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shanes Park, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Shanes Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13539/shanes-park/topic/family-households