1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sofala · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sofala
How families and households are made up across the area.
Among the lowest in its class for home occupancy, Sofala is a place where small households are the norm. Nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person, making it far less crowded than the typical Australian suburb.
1.8
—
- 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 Sofala — lower than 91% of areas.
| Sofala | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2795, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of residents (47.1%) live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home in Sofala has only 1.8 people, well below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
47.1% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sofala, 1 person is the majority at 55%; 2 people is next at 36%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.6% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Couples without children are the most common family type at 42.9%.
20.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sofala, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 25%.
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 Sofala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13585/sofala/topic/family-households