Valla Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Valla Beach

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.

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Where Valla Beach sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -8.7%
  • 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 Valla Beach — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Valla Beach2.1
2448, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.3% ▲ +21.2%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.6%
  • 2016: 30.2%
  • 2021: 32.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Valla Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Valla Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.

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 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