2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Pocket
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in The Pocket, where the typical home holds nearly three people. This makes the area stand out from most others, as very few residents live by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 The Pocket — higher than 81% of areas.
| The Pocket | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2483, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 14.1% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.1% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Pocket, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 5 people (16%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.1%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.7% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Pocket, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13850/the-pocket/topic/family-households