2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Erowal Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Erowal Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people have lived alone in Erowal Bay since 2011, while the number of one-parent families has risen. Most homes now house two people, contributing to a typical household size of 2.3 people.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Erowal Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Erowal Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.6% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure. The usual household size of 2.3 people is slightly below the New South Wales average of 2.6 and has edged up since 2011.
26.6% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Erowal Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families in Erowal Bay are couples with children, while 36.9% are couples without. One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.1% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Erowal Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121037/erowal-bay/topic/family-households