1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surry Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Surry Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Surry Hills are occupied by just one person. This makes the area one of the most solitary places in the region, with a very small typical household size compared to the rest of the country.
1.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Surry Hills — lower than 91% of areas.
| Surry Hills | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2010, NSW | 1.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 47% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home has only 1.8 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
46.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surry Hills, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 62.4%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 7.5% of the total compared to 14.1% across Australia.
7.5% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surry Hills, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13714/surry-hills/topic/family-households