2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardinia · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Cardinia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most other areas define Cardinia, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This high density is driven by a strong presence of family groups and a very low number of people living alone.
2.8
→ 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 Cardinia — higher than 86% of areas.
| Cardinia | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the state and national figure of 2.5 people. Only 19.4% of households are single people, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
19.4% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cardinia, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the majority of the area at 64%. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
13.6% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardinia, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Cardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21201/cardinia/topic/family-households