2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Valla Beach · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people in Valla Beach live alone, which is well above the national figure. This creates a community where small households are the norm and the typical home holds just two people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Valla Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
| Valla Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2448, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 32.3% of people living alone, this area has a much higher proportion of single-person homes than most other areas. Consequently, the typical home here has 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.3% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Valla Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.3%. One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.8% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Valla Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Valla Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14086/valla-beach/topic/family-households