3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Baulkham Hills · State Electorate
Family & Households in Baulkham Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Baulkham Hills compared to the state average. This is a place where large households are the norm, with a very high proportion of families with children making up the bulk of the community.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Baulkham Hills — higher than 90% of areas.
| Baulkham Hills | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Baulkham Hills hold 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. Only 13.2% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.2% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Baulkham Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.9% of families here. One-parent families account for only 8.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
8.2% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Baulkham Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10008/baulkham-hills/topic/family-households