2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Diamond Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Diamond Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people are living alone in Diamond Beach, where the share of single-person households rose by 4.7 percentage points since 2011. This area is now largely made up of small households, with nearly half of all homes housing just two people.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Diamond Beach — higher than 57% of areas.
| Diamond Beach | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2430, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 47%, and while the typical home has 2.4 people, this figure has edged down since 2011. About 24% of residents live alone, which is lower than most similar areas.
24.0% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Diamond Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 43.6%, followed closely by couples without children at 40.2%. One-parent families account for 15.8%, a figure that is a little above the national average.
15.8% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Diamond Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Diamond Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121031/diamond-beach/topic/family-households