1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Entrance
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all homes in The Entrance are occupied by people living alone, which is far higher than the national figure. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households are the norm and the typical home holds fewer people than most other areas.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 The Entrance — lower than 89% of areas.
| The Entrance | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2261, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 45.5% of residents living alone, the number of people per home is just 1.9. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the national average of 2.5.
45.5% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Entrance, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.3% of the local total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type here at 36.7%.
27.3% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →The Entrance splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (37%) and Couples with children (34%), with One-parent families at 27%.
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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13834/the-entrance/topic/family-households