2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sydney
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements defines Sydney, where 37.4% of people now live alone. This is far more than the national figure of 25.6%. The area is dominated by single and two-person households, making it much less crowded than most other parts of the country.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Sydney — lower than 81% of areas.
| Sydney | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2000, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are common here, with a typical size of 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This explains why people living alone are so numerous at 37.4%, a rate far above the 25.6% seen nationwide.
37.4% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sydney splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 60.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.1%, which is well below the national and state figures of around 14%.
8.1% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13730/sydney/topic/family-households