3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Summer Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Summer Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in Summer Island than in the rest of the country, with 3.1 people living in the typical home. This sparsely populated area has a strong focus on larger family groups, with very few people living by themselves.
3.1
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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 Summer Island — higher than 88% of areas.
| Summer Island | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Households are larger than the national figure of 2.5, and 31% of homes contain four people. Only 13.8% of people live alone, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
13.8% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Summer Island, the largest group is 4 people at 27%, followed by 2 people (21%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the area, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 57.8% of the total.
18.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Summer Island, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Summer Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13704/summer-island/topic/family-households