Anna Bay - Boat Harbour · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Anna Bay - Boat Harbour

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people living alone than usual makes Anna Bay - Boat Harbour a place where most residents share their homes. While the typical home now holds 2.6 people, this is up from 2.2 in 2011.

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📍 Anna Bay - Boat Harbour, Urban Centre

Where Anna Bay - Boat Harbour sits — Average household size

2.6 ▲ +18.2%
  • 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 Anna Bay - Boat Harbour — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Anna Bay - Boat Harbour2.6
2316, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 20.9% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when nearly a third of the community lived solo.

2.6 ▲ +18.2%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.9% ▼ -34.1%

Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 31.8%
  • 2016: 13.6%
  • 2021: 20.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Anna Bay - Boat Harbour, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children, making up 57.0% of the total. Single-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average.

13.8% ▼ -17.9%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.9%
  • 2016: 14.7%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Anna Bay - Boat Harbour, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

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 Anna Bay - Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115002/anna-bay-boat-harbour/topic/family-households