2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sutton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sutton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 14.5% of people live alone in Sutton, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where larger households are the norm, with nearly three people typically sharing every home. Most residents live in family groups, particularly couples with children.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Sutton — higher than 81% of areas.
| Sutton | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Sutton are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, which helps explain why so few people live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
14.5% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sutton, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up the vast majority of the area, with 64.3% being couples with children. Only 5.4% of households are one-parent families, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
5.4% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sutton, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Sutton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13717/sutton/topic/family-households