2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Miranda · State Electorate
Family & Households in Miranda
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Miranda, accounting for 63.5% of families. This is a residential area where most homes house more than one person, though the number of people living alone has risen significantly since 2011.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Miranda — higher than 57% of areas.
| Miranda | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. While 22.9% of people now live alone—a rise of 9.5 points since 2011—this is still a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
22.9% ▲ +71.3%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Miranda, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
11.1% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Miranda, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Miranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10052/miranda/topic/family-households