3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Helens Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Helens Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the norm in St Helens Park, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. This suburb is shaped by large households and a very low number of people living alone, making it a place dominated by family groups.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 St Helens Park — higher than 86% of areas.
| St Helens Park | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2560, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This contributes to a typical home size of 3.0 people, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.5.
16.0% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Helens Park, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.9% of families here. One-parent families are also much more common than in most areas, at 20.7%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
20.7% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Helens Park, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 St Helens Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13652/st-helens-park/topic/family-households