2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Skennars Head · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Skennars Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family life in Skennars Head has remained steady over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of couples and families, with a typical household of 2.5 people. This matches the national figure exactly and shows a consistent pattern of living arrangements.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Skennars Head — higher than 50% of areas.
| Skennars Head | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here have two people (38.2%), while about 25.8% of residents live alone. This proportion of single-person households is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
25.8% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Skennars Head, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.1%. One-parent families account for 10.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.1% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Skennars Head, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Skennars Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13569/skennars-head/topic/family-households