Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point

How families and households are made up across the area.

A well above average share of residents live alone in Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, where 33% of households are single-person homes. This makes the area feel quieter than most, with smaller households and a typical home size that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, Urban Centre

Where Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -16.0%
  • 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 Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point2.1
2317, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes are smaller than the national figure, with just 2.1 people per household. This is driven by a rise in single-person homes, which now make up 33% of all households.

2.1 ▼ -16.0%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.0% ▲ +38.0%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 23.9%
  • 2016: 32.0%
  • 2021: 33.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 13.5% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.

13.5% ▼ -16.3%

Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.1%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Salamander Bay - Soldiers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114027/salamander-bay-soldiers-point/topic/family-households