2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Vaucluse · State Electorate
Family & Households in Vaucluse
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Vaucluse live alone, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to most other areas. Most homes here are occupied by either couples or single occupants.
2.3
→ 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 Vaucluse — lower than 86% of areas.
| Vaucluse | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure. This smaller size is linked to the high number of single-person households, which have remained steady since 2011.
29.7% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Vaucluse, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.9% of families, while those without children account for 32.2%. At 9.8%, the share of one-parent families is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national average.
9.8% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Vaucluse, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Vaucluse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10086/vaucluse/topic/family-households