Tea Gardens · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Tea Gardens

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.

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Where Tea Gardens sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -9.5%
  • 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 Tea Gardens — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tea Gardens1.9
2324, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.3% ▲ +11.0%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.5%
  • 2016: 25.9%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tea Gardens, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 27%.

Families

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.

  • 2011: 10.5%
  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tea Gardens, Couples without children is the majority at 71%; Couples with children is next at 21%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

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