2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sylvania Waters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sylvania Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Sylvania Waters than in the rest of the country. This is an area where large households are the norm, with most homes consisting of couples and their children.
2.9
→ 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 Sylvania Waters — higher than 81% of areas.
| Sylvania Waters | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2224, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 15.5% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.5% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sylvania Waters, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 67.1%. Only 10% of families are led by one parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.0% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sylvania Waters, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; 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 Sylvania Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13733/sylvania-waters/topic/family-households