2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canada Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canada Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing roofs in Canada Bay than in most similar areas, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. This shift towards larger households is mirrored by a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Canada Bay — higher than 71% of areas.
| Canada Bay | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2046, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.9% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. Larger homes are common, with 34.8% of households containing two people and 20.8% holding four.
18.9% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canada Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the majority of the area at 64.9%. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.1% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canada Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10784/canada-bay/topic/family-households