2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Marys
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in St Marys than in other parts of the state. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure, there is a striking gap in family types compared to the rest of Australia.
2.5
→ 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 Marys — higher than 50% of areas.
| St Marys | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2760, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.1% of homes are occupied by a single person, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25.0%. This means more people live alone here than in most similar areas.
31.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St Marys splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.0% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This puts St Marys among the highest areas for single-parent households.
23.0% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Marys, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13658/st-marys/topic/family-households