Cabarita · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cabarita

How families and households are made up across the area.

Only 17.1% of people in Cabarita live alone, a figure well below the national average. This suggests the area is dominated by larger households, with the typical home hosting 2.6 people. Most residents live in family units rather than on their own.

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📍 Cabarita, Suburb / Locality

Where Cabarita sits — Average household size

2.6 → 0.0%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cabarita — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cabarita2.6
2137, NSW 2.6
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person households are the most common here at 43.1%. Far fewer people live by themselves compared to the rest of Australia, where the national figure is 25.6%.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.1% ▲ +7.9%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.9%
  • 2016: 15.9%
  • 2021: 17.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Cabarita, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up more than half of the area at 55.8%. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common here, at only 8.5%, compared to 14.1% nationally.

8.5% ▲ +12.9%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.5%
  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 8.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cabarita, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Cabarita [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10734/cabarita/topic/family-households