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.
Canley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canley Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become a defining feature of Canley Vale, where the typical home now holds 3.1 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5 and among the highest for similar areas. The area is shaped by a high proportion of families with children and fewer people living on their own.
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 Canley Vale — higher than 88% of areas.
| Canley Vale | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2166, NSW | 3.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes here are a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 10.8% of homes house six or more people, while only 21.7% of residents live alone.
21.7% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Canley Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. These households are common in Canley Vale, alongside couples with children who make up 60.2% of families.
23.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canley Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Canley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10791/canley-vale/topic/family-households