2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Calare · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Calare
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Calare than in most similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, and nearly 29% of households now consist of just one person. While many homes still house couples with children, the area has a higher proportion of single-parent families than the national average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Calare — lower than 71% of areas.
| Calare | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Calare has 2.4 people, which is lower than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that 28.8% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
28.8% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Calare, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54% of families here. Single-parent families account for 15.9% of the total, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
15.9% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Calare, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children 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 Calare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED107/calare/topic/family-households