2.2 ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Arm Cove · Urban Centre
Family & Households in North Arm Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller-than-average households are common in North Arm Cove, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is lower than most similar areas, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements over the last decade.
2.2
▼ -26.7%
- 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 North Arm Cove — lower than 64% of areas.
| North Arm Cove | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than half of all homes here house two people, while those living alone have increased to 26.5% since 2011. This rise in single-person homes helps explain why the typical number of people per house has fallen from 3.0 to 2.2.
26.5% ▲ +47.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Arm Cove, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples without children, which is a prominent group alongside the 35.9% of couples with children. One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, a figure that has risen by 5.9 points since 2011.
14.4% ▲ +69.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Arm Cove, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 North Arm Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122100/north-arm-cove/topic/family-households