2.2 ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scotts Head · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Scotts Head
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share a home in Scotts Head than is typical for the state and nation. This small community is mostly made up of couples, with about half of all families raising children together.
2.2
▼ -21.4%
- 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 Scotts Head — lower than 64% of areas.
| Scotts Head | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2447, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds 2.2 people, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. This trend is mirrored by a jump in people living alone, who now make up 27.8% of households.
27.8% ▲ +74.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scotts Head, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages. Most families are couples, with 50.8% including children and 39.1% without.
10.4% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scotts Head, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121102/scotts-head/topic/family-households