2.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Shore · Urban Centre
Family & Households in North Shore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in North Shore than the state average, with only 7.1% of households fitting this profile. This area is largely made up of family units, which keeps the typical home size steady at around 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 North Shore — higher than 57% of areas.
| North Shore | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2444, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Half of all homes here are occupied by two people, while those living alone make up 21.4%. This last figure is well below the national average and has fallen by 18 percentage points since 2011.
21.4% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Shore, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.9%, followed by couples without children at 37.9%. The share of one-parent families is among the lowest for similar areas and is well below the New South Wales figure.
7.1% ▼ -75.5%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Shore, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122101/north-shore/topic/family-households