2.0 ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Crescent Head · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Crescent Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has surged in Crescent Head, with the proportion of people living alone jumping 31 percentage points since 2011. This shift has left the area with a typical household size of just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure.
2.0
▼ -35.5%
- 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 Crescent Head — lower than 86% of areas.
| Crescent Head | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2440, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38.3% of residents now live alone, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 25%. This high number of single-person homes explains why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
38.3% ▲ +421.4%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Crescent Head splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Meanwhile, couples without children are the most common family type at 41.1%.
18.6% ▲ +118.6%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Crescent Head splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Crescent Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121026/crescent-head/topic/family-households