2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sutherland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sutherland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes than most similar areas define Sutherland. The typical home here holds only 2.1 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is reflected in the large number of residents living alone.
2.1
→ 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 Sutherland — lower than 81% of areas.
| Sutherland | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2232, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.8% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. Two-person homes are the most common at 35.6%, contributing to a typical household size that is a little below the New South Wales figure.
34.8% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sutherland splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.3%, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
15.3% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sutherland, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13716/sutherland/topic/family-households