2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shannon Brook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shannon Brook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 63% of families in Shannon Brook are couples with children, making it a place where large households are common. The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This creates a family-focused environment with fewer people living alone compared to the national average.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Shannon Brook — higher than 76% of areas.
| Shannon Brook | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2470, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per household—a figure a little above the Australian average of 2.5. While 30.8% of households have two people, only 23.1% of residents live alone, which is slightly lower than the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
23.1% ▲ +58.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shannon Brook, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the clear majority of families at 63%, while 26% are couples without children. Only 10.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shannon Brook, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Shannon Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13540/shannon-brook/topic/family-households