Tea Gardens · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Tea Gardens

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people are living in each home in Tea Gardens than they were in 2011. This shift is clear in the data, with the typical household size shrinking to just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Tea Gardens, Urban Centre

Where Tea Gardens sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -13.6%
  • 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 Tea Gardens — lower than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Tea Gardens1.9
2324, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes here house two people (59.5%), while 29.1% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%, though it has fallen since 2011.

1.9 ▼ -13.6%

Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.1% ▼ -11.7%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 33.0%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 29.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Tea Gardens, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 29%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 72.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent only 7.1% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

7.1% ▼ -40.0%

Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Tea Gardens, Couples without children is the majority at 73%; Couples with children is next at 19%.

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 Tea Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115133/tea-gardens/topic/family-households