2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Terrigal · State Electorate
Family & Households in Terrigal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Terrigal than in most other similar areas. The local family profile is dominated by couples with children, who make up 58.7% of families. This creates a landscape where larger households are more common than in many other parts of the country.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Terrigal — higher than 57% of areas.
| Terrigal | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Terrigal typically hold 2.6 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011. Those living alone make up 23.8% of households, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
23.8% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Terrigal, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 58.7%. One-parent families make up 12.2%, which is a little below the national figure and represents a 7.0 point drop since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Terrigal, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Terrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10082/terrigal/topic/family-households