2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Vaucluse · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Vaucluse
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Vaucluse have remained steady over the last decade, with most residents living in family homes. The area is dominated by couples with children, who make up nearly 69% of all families. This creates a community where large family units are common and the number of single-person homes is relatively low.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Vaucluse — higher than 71% of areas.
| Vaucluse | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2030, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, Vaucluse has larger households than most similar areas. While 22.7% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%, the most common household size is two people at 30%.
22.7% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Vaucluse, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children are the mainstay here, making up 68.9% of the total. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 9.1%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.1% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Vaucluse, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Vaucluse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14089/vaucluse/topic/family-households