2.6 ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shellharbour · State Electorate
Family & Households in Shellharbour
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Shellharbour include children, making it a place where household life often revolves around raising a family. The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas across the country. While the area remains family-focused, the number of people living alone has climbed steadily over the last decade.
2.6
▼ -21.2%
- 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 Shellharbour — higher than 57% of areas.
| Shellharbour | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are generally larger than in most other areas, though the typical number of people per house has dropped from 3.3 in 2011 to 2.6 today. About 22.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is a little below the national average but has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
22.6% ▲ +99.6%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shellharbour, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures. This represents a rise of 3.5 percentage points since 2011, and is much higher than in most similar areas.
17.3% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shellharbour, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10075/shellharbour/topic/family-households