2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydenham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sydenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as most similar areas, Sydenham is a place where households typically hold 2.5 people. It is a balanced mix of living arrangements, with nearly half of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Sydenham — higher than 50% of areas.
| Sydenham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2044, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Single-person households make up 26.1% of the area, a little above the New South Wales average.
26.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydenham, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, which is higher than in most other similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.1%, followed by couples without children at 37.2%.
14.6% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydenham, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Sydenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13729/sydenham/topic/family-households