3.1 ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sutton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Sutton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes have grown significantly in Sutton since 2011, with the typical home now holding 3.1 people. This increase has shifted the area toward a strong family focus, with nearly 75% of families consisting of couples with children.
3.1
▲ +34.8%
- 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 Sutton — higher than 88% of areas.
| Sutton | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Sutton has some of the largest households around, with the typical home holding 3.1 people. Very few people live alone here at 14%, a figure that has fallen 10 points since 2011 and is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.0% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sutton, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.9% of families in the area. One-parent families are among the lowest seen in similar areas at 4.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
4.7% ▼ -68.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sutton, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without 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 Sutton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122124/sutton/topic/family-households