2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Hurstville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in South Hurstville, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. This reflects a local trend toward larger households, with more than half of all homes housing three or more people.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Hurstville — higher than 76% of areas.
| South Hurstville | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2221, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While 22.6% of people live alone—a little below the national figure of 25.6%—homes here are often crowded. About 26% of households contain two people, while 19.7% have three and 17.7% have four.
22.6% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Hurstville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.8%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14% and higher than most areas.
15.3% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Hurstville, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13603/south-hurstville/topic/family-households