2.9 ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swan Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Swan Bay than in the rest of the country. This is an area of large households, where the typical home holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▼ -9.4%
- 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 Swan Bay — higher than 81% of areas.
| Swan Bay | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2471, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few residents live by themselves, with only 3.9% of households being single-person, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 25%. Most homes are occupied by two people (45.6%), while nearly 13% of households have five or more residents.
3.9% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (15%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families here are couples with children (55.1%). One-parent families make up 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
16.1% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13720/swan-bay/topic/family-households