3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Holsworthy · State Electorate
Family & Households in Holsworthy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 70% of families in Holsworthy are couples with children, making it a place dominated by larger households. This trend is reflected in the high number of people sharing a home, with the typical household now larger than it was in 2011.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Holsworthy — higher than 99% of areas.
| Holsworthy | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are crowded, with 3.2 people per household, a figure well above the national average of 2.5. This is mirrored by the fact that only 15.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
15.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Holsworthy splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families consist of couples with children (69.6%), while one-parent families make up 14.1%. This last group has grown by 4.1 percentage points since 2011, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales average.
14.1% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Holsworthy, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Holsworthy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10036/holsworthy/topic/family-households