Summer Hill Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Summer Hill Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Summer Hill Creek, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a place where families dominate, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.

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Where Summer Hill Creek 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 Summer Hill Creek — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Summer Hill Creek3.0
2800, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.1% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.

3.0 ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

11.1% ▼ -13.6%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 13.9%
  • 2021: 11.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Summer Hill Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.2%. One-parent families are rare here, making up just 5.1% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

5.1% ▲ +10.2%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 5.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Summer Hill Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Summer Hill Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13703/summer-hill-creek/topic/family-households