2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Old Erowal Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Old Erowal Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families in Old Erowal Bay, representing 50.5% of all family types. The area is mostly made up of small households, with a high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Old Erowal Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Old Erowal Bay | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Old Erowal Bay has 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a trend of shrinking household sizes since 2011 and a high rate of people living alone, at 33.4%.
33.4% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Old Erowal Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the area, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This is despite the number of single-parent homes falling by 3.5 percentage points over the last decade.
17.5% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Old Erowal Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Old Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115117/old-erowal-bay/topic/family-households