2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shoal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shoal Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen Shoal Bay become a place where almost 42% of homes are occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure, creating a community where small households and single-person dwellings are common.
2.0
→ 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 Shoal Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Shoal Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2315, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Shoal Bay are much smaller than in most areas, with a typical size of only 2 people. This is well below the New South Wales average of 2.6, and is driven by the 41.9% of residents who live alone.
41.9% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Shoal Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the local mix, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are also common, with couples without children representing the largest group at 43.4%.
19.3% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shoal Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Shoal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13554/shoal-bay/topic/family-households