2.4 ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swansea · State Electorate
Family & Households in Swansea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families are much more common in Swansea than in most other areas, making up 17.2% of families. This shift is part of a broader change in home life, as the typical number of people per household has grown from 1.9 to 2.4 since 2011.
2.4
▲ +26.3%
- 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 Swansea — lower than 71% of areas.
| Swansea | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.2% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%, though this is 15 points lower than in 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 37% of all households.
27.2% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swansea, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, while 31.4% are couples without. Single-parent families now make up 17.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 14%.
17.2% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swansea, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10079/swansea/topic/family-households