2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Illawarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Illawarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking shift in living patterns has occurred in Illawarra, where nearly a third of residents now live alone. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the area is defined by a sharp contrast between single-person households and large family homes.
2.5
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- 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 Illawarra — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people live alone in Illawarra, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. These single-person homes make up the largest group, though 17.9% of households are quite large with five people.
32.1% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Illawarra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (28%), with 5 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 68.8% of the area. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Illawarra, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Illawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21227/illawarra/topic/family-households