2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathfield · State Electorate
Family & Households in Strathfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Strathfield are couples with children, reflecting a strong family focus for the area. The typical home here is more crowded than in most similar areas, holding an average of 2.7 people.
2.7
→ 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 Strathfield — higher than 71% of areas.
| Strathfield | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Strathfield are larger than in most areas, though this has barely changed since 2011. Around 22.3% of households are people living alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.3% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathfield, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.7% of families, while one-parent families account for 11.7%. This last figure is much lower than in most areas and has fallen slightly since 2011.
11.7% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathfield, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10077/strathfield/topic/family-households