Camperdown · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Camperdown

How families and households are made up across the area.

Very few people share a home in Camperdown compared to similar areas. This is a place where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Camperdown, Suburb / Locality

Where Camperdown sits — Average household size

1.9 → 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 Camperdown — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Camperdown1.9
2050, NSW 1.9
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A huge 41.8% of people live alone, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. This explains why the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other places.

1.9 → 0.0%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

41.8% ▲ +7.0%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 39.0%
  • 2016: 46.2%
  • 2021: 41.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Camperdown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up over half of all families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 8.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.

8.0% ▲ +7.5%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.5%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Camperdown, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 38%.

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 Camperdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10780/camperdown/topic/family-households