Calimo · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Calimo

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Calimo, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-focused community with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Calimo, Suburb / Locality

Where Calimo sits — Average household size

2.8 ▲ +16.7%
  • 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 Calimo — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Calimo2.8
2710, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone make up just 13% of households, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with 43.5% of households containing two people and 21.7% holding four.

2.8 ▲ +16.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.0% ▼ -49.7%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.9%
  • 2016: 27.6%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Calimo, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 4 people is next at 28%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.2%. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales average.

12.7% ▲ +209.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 15.4%
  • 2021: 12.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Calimo, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Calimo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10753/calimo/topic/family-households