3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Summer Hill · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live together in Summer Hill than in most similar areas, with a typical home holding 3.0 people. This is a family-focused community where very few people live alone and one-parent households are rare.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Summer Hill — higher than 86% of areas.
| Summer Hill | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2421, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 37.8% of households containing two people and 21.6% holding four. Only 8.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
8.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Summer Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.5% of families, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 2.9%. This figure is far below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
2.9% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Summer Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13701/summer-hill/topic/family-households