2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cunningham · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Cunningham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Cunningham is shaped by a mix of family homes and a high number of people living on their own. About 27.2% of households consist of just one person, which is more than the national figure. Most homes contain two or more people, keeping the typical household size steady at 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Cunningham — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cunningham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.5 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011 and is about the same as the rest of Australia. While 33.3% of households have two people, those living alone make up 27.2% of the area, which is higher than most other similar places.
27.2% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cunningham, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.1%, while couples without children account for 27%. One-parent families represent 13.8% of the total, a figure that has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011 and is now about the same as the state average.
13.8% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cunningham, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Cunningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED111/cunningham/topic/family-households