2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunshine Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Sunshine Bay than in most similar areas. This contributes to a smaller typical household size, with only 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
| Sunshine Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 43.5% of all households.
32.0% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.5% of the area, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families here are couples without children.
16.5% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13710/sunshine-bay/topic/family-households