2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathcote · State Electorate
Family & Households in Heathcote
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Heathcote have edged down slightly since 2011, but the area remains focused on family living. It is now a place where 65% of all families are couples with children, reflecting a strong trend toward larger home lives compared to other areas.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Heathcote — higher than 71% of areas.
| Heathcote | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Heathcote holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that very few people live alone here; at 19.5%, this is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.5% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent make up 10.9% of the total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%. Most families here are couples, with 65% raising children and 23.4% without.
10.9% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heathcote, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10034/heathcote/topic/family-households