2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canobolas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canobolas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people living alone and a very low rate of single parents shape the home life in Canobolas. Most households are built around couples, with a typical home holding 2.6 people. This makes the area feel much more family-oriented than the state and national averages.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Canobolas — higher than 57% of areas.
| Canobolas | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2800, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.3% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.9% of all homes.
20.3% ▲ +24.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canobolas, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 62.8% having children and 34.5% without. One-parent families make up only 3.7%, a figure far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
3.7% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canobolas, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Canobolas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10792/canobolas/topic/family-households