2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point · Urban Area
Family & Households in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, accounting for 42.4% of families. The area has seen a shift toward smaller households over the last decade, with the typical number of people per home falling to 2.2.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point — lower than 94% of areas.
| St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most other areas, with 29.0% of people living alone. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and represents a 6.7 point increase since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has risen by 3.5 points since 2011.
16.8% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1030/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/family-households