2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Telegraph Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Telegraph Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Telegraph Point than the state and national figures. Most households here consist of couples, with over half including children, creating a family-focused environment where homes are slightly more crowded than they were a decade ago.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Telegraph Point — higher than 64% of areas.
| Telegraph Point | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2441, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now holds 2.5 people, a figure that has moved up since 2011. While 27.1% of people live alone, this is a little above the national figure and represents a 5.6 point drop over the last ten years.
27.1% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Telegraph Point, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54% of the local mix, while one-parent families account for only 8%. This last figure is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and has barely changed since 2011.
8.0% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Telegraph Point, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122130/telegraph-point/topic/family-households