Stanwell Tops · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Stanwell Tops

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger homes and more families define daily life in Stanwell Tops, where the typical household has 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live alone compared to other areas.

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📍 Stanwell Tops, Suburb / Locality

Where Stanwell Tops sits — Average household size

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 Stanwell Tops — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Stanwell Tops3.0
2508, NSW 2.9
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 14.5% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger, with 34.9% housing two people and 20.5% holding four.

3.0 ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.5% ▼ -4.5%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.1%
  • 2016: 13.2%
  • 2021: 14.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Stanwell Tops, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 67.8% of families here. This helps explain why one-parent families are rare at just 5.0%, a figure well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

5.0% ▼ -22.8%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Stanwell Tops, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Stanwell Tops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13669/stanwell-tops/topic/family-households