2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Arm · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Arm
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in South Arm are occupied by two people. This makes it a place where smaller households are common, although the typical home size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
—
- 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 South Arm — higher than 50% of areas.
| South Arm | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.8% of people live alone, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 51.9% of all homes.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Arm, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the biggest group at 42.9%, followed closely by couples with children at 41.7%. One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
14.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →South Arm splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13590/south-arm/topic/family-households