2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heffron · State Electorate
Family & Households in Heffron
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Heffron live alone, a figure well above the national average. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas, with the usual home containing just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Heffron — lower than 90% of areas.
| Heffron | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 40.4% having two people and 30.1% just one. The number of people per home has edged down since 2011 to 2.2, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
30.1% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heffron, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.9% of families, while those without children account for 41.4%. One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.1% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Heffron splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Heffron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10035/heffron/topic/family-households