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.
Speers Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Speers Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of people in Speers Point live alone, making it an area with a high number of single-person households. While most homes are occupied by families, there is a notable presence of people living independently compared to other parts of the country.
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 Speers Point — lower than 57% of areas.
| Speers Point | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2284, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, 27.9% of households consist of just one person, which is a little above the Australian average of 25.6%.
27.9% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Speers Point, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.1% of families, though one-parent families are a little more common here than in the rest of Australia at 15.3%.
15.3% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Speers Point, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Speers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13621/speers-point/topic/family-households