2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canada Bay · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Canada Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Canada Bay consist of couples with children. This family-focused profile is reflected in the typical home, where 2.5 people live together, a figure that has remained steady for a decade.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Canada Bay — higher than 57% of areas.
| Canada Bay | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common, making up 35.8% of all households. While the proportion of people living alone has risen to 24.7% since 2011, this is still lower than in most other areas.
24.7% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canada Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a much lower proportion than in most similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
10.7% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canada Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12001/canada-bay/topic/family-households