2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sedgwick · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sedgwick
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Sedgwick than in most similar areas, with a typical household size of 2.8. This trend is driven by a high number of families with children and very few people living by themselves.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Sedgwick — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per household. Only 15.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
15.6% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sedgwick, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples, with 62.5% having children and 32.6% without. One-parent families make up only 4.7% of the total, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
4.7% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sedgwick, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Sedgwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22257/sedgwick/topic/family-households