3.5 ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Ponds
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up a huge 82.6% of the population in The Ponds, making it a major hub for families. This is a place of large households and very few people living alone, with the typical home holding 3.5 people.
3.5
▲ +6.1%
- 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 Ponds — higher than 95% of areas.
| The Ponds | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2769, NSW | 3.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The Ponds has some of the largest households in the region, with 37.4% of homes housing four people. Only 6.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the national average of 25.6%.
6.6% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Ponds, the largest group is 4 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 2 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 6.2% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families are couples with children, who account for 82.6% of the total.
6.2% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 83%; Couples without children is next at 11%.
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 Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13851/the-ponds/topic/family-households