2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bermagui · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bermagui
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significantly higher share of people live alone in Bermagui than in the rest of the state. This trend has pushed the typical household size down to 2.1 people, which is lower than most other areas. It is a place where small households and couples without children are common.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Bermagui — lower than 71% of areas.
| Bermagui | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2546, NSW | 2.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.3% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This has contributed to a drop in the number of people per home, which fell from 2.4 in 2011 to 2.1 in 2021.
34.3% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bermagui, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 48.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and has fallen 15 points since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bermagui, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Bermagui [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115015/bermagui/topic/family-households