2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Ives · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Ives
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common sight in St Ives, where 2.9 people live in the typical home. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone and family life is central to the local landscape.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 St Ives — higher than 81% of areas.
| St Ives | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2075, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is uncommon here, with only 17.0% of households being single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size is a little above the New South Wales average.
17.0% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Ives, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.6%. Only 8.6% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.6% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Ives, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Ives [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13654/st-ives/topic/family-households