Caloola · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Caloola

How families and households are made up across the area.

A small number of people living alone has shaped the home life in Caloola over recent years. The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Most residents live as couples, with nearly half of all households consisting of two people.

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📍 Caloola, Suburb / Locality

Where Caloola sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Caloola — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Caloola2.4
2795, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 14.8% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This is a much lower rate than most similar areas, and over half of all homes are occupied by two people.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.8%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 26.1%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Caloola, 2 people is the majority at 78%; 1 person is next at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 49% being without children and 45.1% with children. Only 7.8% are one-parent families, a rate that is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.

7.8%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.3%
  • 2021: 7.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Caloola splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Caloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10759/caloola/topic/family-households