2.8 ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawkesbury · State Electorate
Family & Households in Hawkesbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Hawkesbury compared to the state and national figures. This area is more likely to have larger households, with 2.8 people per home, though this is a drop from 3.2 people per home in 2011.
2.8
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Hawkesbury — higher than 79% of areas.
| Hawkesbury | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 31.4%, while homes with four people make up 17.0% of the total.
20.6% ▲ +71.8%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hawkesbury, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.5%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.6% ▲ +52.5%
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hawkesbury, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10033/hawkesbury/topic/family-households