2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Helensburgh · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Helensburgh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Helensburgh than in the rest of the country. This community is shaped by large households and a very high proportion of families with children, with the typical home now holding 2.9 people.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Helensburgh — higher than 86% of areas.
| Helensburgh | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2508, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with the typical household size edging up to 2.9 people since 2011. This is reflected in the low 14.7% of people living alone, a figure that is far below the national average of 25.6%.
14.7% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Helensburgh splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, as couples with children make up 70.6% of all families. One-parent families are well below the state and national figures at 9.6%, a rate that has fallen 3.8 points since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Helensburgh, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Helensburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114014/helensburgh/topic/family-households