2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Haven · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Haven
How families and households are made up across the area.
Thirty-seven per cent of people in West Haven live alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area's households much smaller than most, with a typical home holding only two people.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 West Haven — lower than 86% of areas.
| West Haven | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2443, NSW | 2.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high proportion of residents live by themselves, with 37.2% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia, and helps explain why the typical home size is well below the national figure.
37.2% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Haven, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group here at 54.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.2% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Haven, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 West Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14262/west-haven/topic/family-households