1.9 ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydney · State Electorate
Family & Households in Sydney
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of people live alone in Sydney, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct household landscape where small living arrangements are the norm. The area is characterized by a significant shift toward single-person homes over the last decade.
1.9
▼ -24.0%
- 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 Sydney — lower than 99% of areas.
| Sydney | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 44.4% of people living alone, Sydney has one of the highest rates for this area. This trend has seen the typical number of people per home drop from 2.5 in 2011 to just 1.9, well below the national figure of 2.5.
44.4% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydney, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 9.2% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a notable decline from 2011, while couples without children are now the most common family type at 55.7%.
9.2% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydney, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10080/sydney/topic/family-households