2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunshine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Sunshine have shifted since 2011 to create a community where nearly half of all families now include children. The area is currently shaped by a high proportion of couples with children, who make up 47.9% of families.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Sunshine — higher than 50% of areas.
| Sunshine | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2264, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sunshine holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, with only 20.6% of households consisting of one person.
20.6% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.9%, while 36.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.9% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
14.9% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Sunshine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13709/sunshine/topic/family-households