2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Valley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Valley Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family living arrangements have remained steady in Valley Heights, where the typical home hosts 2.6 people. This community is far less likely to have people living alone compared to the rest of the state, with a strong focus on multi-person households.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Valley Heights — higher than 57% of areas.
| Valley Heights | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2777, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.6% of residents live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Most homes are shared, with 38.5% housing two people and 17.4% housing three.
18.6% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Valley Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.7%. One-parent families account for 8.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.6% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Valley Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Valley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14087/valley-heights/topic/family-households