2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swan Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Swan Creek have remained steady over the last decade, though households here are generally larger than in most other areas. A significant 58.1% of families consist of couples with children, contributing to a typical home size that exceeds the national figure.
2.8
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- 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 Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Swan Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2462, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Swan Creek are larger than most, with 2.8 people per dwelling. While 29.4% of people live alone—a figure well above the New South Wales average—nearly 18% of households contain six or more people.
29.4% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (24%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.1%. In contrast, one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, accounting for only 5.8% of the total.
5.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13721/swan-creek/topic/family-households