2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shoalhaven Heads · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Shoalhaven Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Shoalhaven Heads are occupied by people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area feel smaller and quieter, with the typical home now holding just 2.1 people.
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 Shoalhaven Heads — lower than 71% of areas.
| Shoalhaven Heads | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2535, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 35.7% of households, a figure that has risen 11 percentage points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size is just 2.1 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
35.7% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Shoalhaven Heads splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.8%, while those with children make up 41.1%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.3% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Shoalhaven Heads 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 Shoalhaven Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115125/shoalhaven-heads/topic/family-households