2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Telegraph Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Telegraph Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Telegraph Point than in most similar areas, with 19.4% of households consisting of one person. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, homes here tend to be larger, often housing couples and their children.
2.7
→ 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 Telegraph Point — higher than 71% of areas.
| Telegraph Point | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2441, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This reflects a community where only 19.4% of residents live alone, compared to 25.6% across Australia.
19.4% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Telegraph Point, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 57.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.1%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
10.1% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Telegraph Point, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13796/telegraph-point/topic/family-households