3.0 —
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cumberland · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Cumberland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Cumberland has some of the largest households in the region, with a typical home holding 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure, reflecting a community where fewer people live alone compared to other areas.
3.0
—
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Cumberland — higher than 90% of areas.
| Cumberland | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than average, though the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2016.
19.5% —
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Cumberland — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 1 person (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the largest group at 66.6%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.8% —
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cumberland, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Cumberland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12380/cumberland/topic/family-households