2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pittwater · State Electorate
Family & Households in Pittwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest household type in Pittwater, accounting for 61.9% of families. This area has a strong presence of larger family groups, with a lower proportion of people living alone than in most other regions. The typical home size has remained steady for a decade.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Pittwater — higher than 57% of areas.
| Pittwater | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Pittwater holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 22.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
22.9% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pittwater, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.0% of the local total, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
10.0% ▼ -41.8%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pittwater, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Pittwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10067/pittwater/topic/family-households