2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sherwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Sherwood than is typical across the country. This small community sees a lower share of one-parent families compared to the national figure, with about 11.1% of households fitting this description.
2.3
—
- 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 Sherwood — lower than 71% of areas.
| Sherwood | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2474, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.3 people per home, households here are a little smaller than the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Sherwood, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 47%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families are split evenly between couples with children and those without, each making up 48.1% of the total. The share of one-parent families is 11.1%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Sherwood splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13553/sherwood/topic/family-households