2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Terrigal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Terrigal
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in Terrigal than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused community where nearly 58% of all families are couples with children. The typical home holds about 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Terrigal — higher than 57% of areas.
| Terrigal | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2260, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.7% of all homes.
22.3% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Terrigal, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.7% of families, while those without children account for 29.3%. One-parent families represent 12.6% of the total, a figure higher than most similar areas.
12.6% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Terrigal, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Terrigal
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Terrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13820/terrigal/topic/family-households