2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stony Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Stony Creek compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.2% of households being single-person homes. This reflects a community where most residents live in larger groups, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
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- 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 Stony Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
| Stony Creek | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 10.2% of people here live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, households in Stony Creek are larger than most areas, with 30.6% of homes containing four people.
10.2% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stony Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (31%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 65.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.1% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
10.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stony Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13683/stony-creek/topic/family-households