2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Family & Households in Byron Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Byron Bay, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct living pattern where single-person households are far more common than across New South Wales and Australia. While many homes are small, half of all families here are couples raising children.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Byron Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Byron Bay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2481, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 29.1% of residents live by themselves, a proportion that has risen since 2011 and remains well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
29.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Byron Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50% of families, while those without children account for 34.5%. One-parent families make up 14.5% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
14.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Byron Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/family-households