2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southgate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southgate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families than most similar areas define the household makeup in Southgate. While the typical home size aligns with the state and national figures, a notable 15.9% of families are headed by a single parent.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Southgate — lower than 57% of areas.
| Southgate | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2460, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Southgate has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 38.3%, while 23.5% of residents live alone, a figure a little below the New South Wales average.
23.5% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southgate, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family types are split evenly between couples with children and couples without children, each making up 41.4% of the total. Single-parent families account for 15.9%, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
15.9% ▲ +76.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Southgate splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Southgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13620/southgate/topic/family-households