2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malua Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Malua Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 2.3 people live in the typical home in Malua Bay, making for a smaller household size than the state and national figures. This reflects a mix of small family units and couples, with nearly half of all households consisting of just two people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Malua Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Malua Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2536, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all households here consist of two people, while 24.7% are people living alone. This last group has grown by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, though the overall typical household size has barely changed in that time.
24.7% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Malua Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 46%, followed by couples with children at 38.7%. One-parent families account for 14.7%, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
14.7% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malua Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Malua Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115101/malua-bay/topic/family-households