Analysis of the household/family types in SSROC region in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower 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 30.8% and 10.6% respectively for New South Wales.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a similar proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 25.9% compared to 23.7% in New South Wales while the proportion of couples without children was 24.6% compared to 25.0% in New South Wales.