Analysis of the household/family types in SSROC region in 2021 compared to the City of Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 28.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.0% were one-parent families, compared with 10.3% and 4.3% respectively for the City of Sydney.
There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 25.9% compared to 38.3% in the City of Sydney while the proportion of couples without children was 24.6% compared to 28.2% in the City of Sydney.