The Pinnacles · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in The Pinnacles

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in The Pinnacles than in most other areas. Only 11.4% of households are single-person homes, which is well below the national figure. This contributes to a community where the vast majority of homes are shared by two or more people.

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📍 The Pinnacles, Suburb / Locality

Where The Pinnacles sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -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 The Pinnacles — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
The Pinnacles2.4
2460, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. While one-person homes are rare, those with two or three people are the most common, making up 34.3% each.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

11.4% ▼ -51.1%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.4%
  • 2016: 31.6%
  • 2021: 11.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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The Pinnacles splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 3 people (39%), with 1 person at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.9% of the community, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 46.9% of the total.

21.9% ▲ +87.8%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.7%
  • 2016: 15.9%
  • 2021: 21.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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The Pinnacles splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 19%.

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 Pinnacles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13849/the-pinnacles/topic/family-households