2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Davidson · State Electorate
Family & Households in Davidson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Davidson than is typical across Australia, with only 15.9% of households consisting of one person. This gap highlights a community dominated by larger family groups, where the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Davidson — higher than 86% of areas.
| Davidson | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, Davidson has some of the highest household sizes for its area. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, although the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
15.9% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Davidson splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.6%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.
8.6% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Davidson, 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 Davidson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10024/davidson/topic/family-households