1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tea Gardens · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group here, with 71.1% of families falling into this category. Tea Gardens is a place of small households, where the typical home holds fewer than two people. This stands in stark contrast to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tea Gardens — lower than 89% of areas.
| Tea Gardens | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home in Tea Gardens holds only 1.9 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This small household size is reflected in the 27.3% of people living alone, a rate a little above the national figure.
1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.3% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Tea Gardens, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.6% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 71.1% having no children and 20.5% with children.
7.6% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Tea Gardens, Couples without children is the majority at 71%; Couples with children is next at 21%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Tea Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13794/tea-gardens/topic/family-households