2.8 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oatley · State Electorate
Family & Households in Oatley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Oatley than in most other areas, with only 21.4% of households being single-person homes. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, the area is dominated by families, with nearly 65% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.8
▲ +16.7%
- 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 Oatley — higher than 79% of areas.
| Oatley | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling, a figure that has risen since 2011. This trend is reflected in the fact that 21.4% of people live alone, which is much lower than the state average.
21.4% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oatley, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.8% of families in Oatley. Single-parent families are less common here than in most other areas, making up 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the national figure.
11.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oatley, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Oatley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10062/oatley/topic/family-households