2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Peters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Peters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common living arrangement in St Peters, making up 42.1% of all homes. This creates a community where homes are generally smaller than the national average, with a typical size of 2.3 people per household.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Peters — lower than 71% of areas.
| St Peters | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2044, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is smaller than most areas, with 2.3 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. About 24.1% of residents live alone, which is roughly the same as the New South Wales average.
24.1% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Peters, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.7% of families, while those without children account for 42.8%. One-parent families make up 8.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.8% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →St Peters splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Peters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13659/st-peters/topic/family-households