2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Entrance · State Electorate
Family & Households in The Entrance
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in The Entrance are couples with children, making this the most common household type. While the typical number of people in a home is about the same as the national figure, the area has seen a rise in people living alone since 2011.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 The Entrance — lower than 57% of areas.
| The Entrance | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in The Entrance holds 2.5 people, though this is down from 2.8 in 2011. Now, 26.8% of households consist of one person, which is a little above the national figure and a rise of 5.9 points over a decade.
26.8% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Entrance, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen by 3.2 points since 2011.
17.7% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Entrance, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10083/the-entrance/topic/family-households