3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairnlea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cairnlea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Cairnlea has some of the largest households in the region, with 3.4 people per home. This far exceeds the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where large family groups are the norm and few people live alone.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Cairnlea — higher than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are much larger than those in Victoria, though the average size has edged down slightly from 3.5 people in 2011. Only 10.6% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national average.
10.6% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cairnlea splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.2%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairnlea, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families is next at 15%.
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 Cairnlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011329/cairnlea/topic/family-households