East Hills · State Electorate

Family & Households in East Hills

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are living together in East Hills than in 2011, with the typical home now holding 3.0 people. This makes it an area where large households are common and very few people live on their own.

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📍 East Hills, State Electorate

Where East Hills sits — Average household size

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 East Hills — higher than 90% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
East Hills3.0
Greater Sydney 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up just 19.1% of households, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the number of people per home is among the highest for similar areas at 3.0.

3.0 ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.1% ▼ -6.7%

Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 20.5%
  • 2016: 19.0%
  • 2021: 19.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In East Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the biggest group of families at 65.5%. One-parent families account for 15.0%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%.

15.0% ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 14.6%
  • 2021: 15.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In East Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 East Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10027/east-hills/topic/family-households