2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point than in the rest of the state, with 28.6% of households being single-person homes. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a decline in the overall number of people living in each home.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point — lower than 57% of areas.
| St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Two-person households are the most common at 41.9%, while the share of people living alone has risen to 28.6%.
28.6% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1% and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 41.6%.
19.6% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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/ucl/UCL113015/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/family-households