2.9 ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jervis Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Jervis Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Jervis Bay (L), where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and reflects a community where nearly half of all families include children.
2.9
▲ +20.8%
- 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 Jervis Bay — higher than 86% of areas.
| Jervis Bay | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than the national figure, with the typical household size rising from 2.4 in 2011 to 2.9. While 23.5% of people live alone—a figure that has grown since 2011—this is still well below the 32.1% seen across Other Territories.
23.5% ▲ +45.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jervis Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.7% of the community, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 49.4%, while couples without children account for 19.3%.
27.7% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jervis Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 29%.
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 Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL922002/jervis-bay/topic/family-households