2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swansea Heads · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swansea Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Swansea Heads have remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on family living. Most homes here house more people than the national typical, and a small number of residents live on their own.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Swansea Heads — higher than 71% of areas.
| Swansea Heads | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2281, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 18.7% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
18.7% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swansea Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.9% of families. One-parent families represent 16.5% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure.
16.5% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swansea Heads, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Swansea Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13727/swansea-heads/topic/family-households