3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Pennant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Pennant Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 12% of people live alone in West Pennant Hills, a figure far below the national average. This is an area dominated by larger households, where the typical home holds 3.1 people. These figures highlight a community made up mostly of larger family groups.
3.1
→ 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 Pennant Hills — higher than 88% of areas.
| West Pennant Hills | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2125, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 11.4% of residents live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
11.4% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Pennant Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 71.6% of families here. Only 6.9% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.9% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Pennant Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; 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 West Pennant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14266/west-pennant-hills/topic/family-households