2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Silverwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Silverwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Silverwater holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This reflects a community where larger households are more common than the national figure. Most residents live in family settings, with couples with children making up the largest group.
2.7
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- 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 Silverwater — higher than 71% of areas.
| Silverwater | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2128, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.2% of people live alone, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25%. While 28.9% of homes contain two people, larger households are common, with 15.6% of homes holding four people.
23.2% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Silverwater, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 63.4%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Silverwater, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Silverwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13562/silverwater/topic/family-households