1.7 ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hastings Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hastings Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Hastings Point are occupied by a single person. This creates a quiet residential feel where small households are the norm, far exceeding the national pattern of larger family groups.
1.7
▼ -37.0%
- 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 Hastings Point — lower than 99% of areas.
| Hastings Point | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 2489, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 47% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average that has climbed 28 points since 2011. Because of this, the typical home has just 1.7 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
47.0% ▲ +142.4%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hastings Point splits fairly evenly between 1 person (46%) and 2 people (44%), with 3 people at 4%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 65.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
12.6% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hastings Point, Couples without children is the majority at 66%; Couples with children is next at 21%.
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 Hastings Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121050/hastings-point/topic/family-households