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.

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📍 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, Urban Area

Where St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point sits — Average household size

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.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point2.2
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.

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.

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

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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

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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