2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Suffolk Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Suffolk Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Suffolk Park than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where over half of all households are couples with children, and fewer people live alone compared to the state and national figures.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Suffolk Park — higher than 57% of areas.
| Suffolk Park | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2481, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While 33.9% of homes house two people, only 21.6% are single-person households, a figure well below the 25.6% national average.
21.6% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Suffolk Park, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55.2%. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.9% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Suffolk Park, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Suffolk Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13699/suffolk-park/topic/family-households