2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Shore · State Electorate
Family & Households in North Shore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in North Shore are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes and a high number of people living alone, with the typical home holding only 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 North Shore — lower than 95% of areas.
| North Shore | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.9% of residents live alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This has contributed to the typical home size edging down to 2.1 people since 2011, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
36.9% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Shore splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 9.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen 7.5 points since 2011.
9.4% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Shore, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10060/north-shore/topic/family-households