Cameron Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cameron Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

A striking 3.1 people per home makes Cameron Park one of the areas with the largest households in the region. This trend is driven by a very high number of families with children and a tiny minority of people living by themselves.

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📍 Cameron Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Cameron Park sits — Average household size

3.1 → 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 Cameron Park — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cameron Park3.1
2285, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 10.8% of people live alone here, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 27.9% housing two people and another 26.7% housing four.

3.1 → 0.0%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.2
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.8% ▲ +27.2%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 10.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Cameron Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 71% of all families. One-parent families account for 10.7%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.

10.7% ▲ +25.7%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 9.2%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cameron Park, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Cameron Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10774/cameron-park/topic/family-households