3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Somersby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Somersby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Somersby, where 3.0 people typically live in each home. This is a family-heavy community with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Somersby — higher than 86% of areas.
| Somersby | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2250, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 17.1%, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.1% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Somersby, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 60.7% of the mix. One-parent families account for only 9.0%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.
9.0% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Somersby, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Somersby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13587/somersby/topic/family-households