2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stony Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Stony Creek, where only 20.2% of people live alone. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%, suggesting a place where most residents share their homes with others.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Stony Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most areas. About 34% of households consist of two people, while 20.2% are single-person homes.
20.2% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stony Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66% of the total. One-parent families are much less common at 7.7%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.7% ▲ +54.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stony Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22364/stony-creek/topic/family-households