2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canterbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canterbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household patterns in Canterbury align closely with state and national trends, with an average of 2.5 people per home. Most homes are occupied by couples with children, while about 14% of families are led by a single parent.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Canterbury — higher than 50% of areas.
| Canterbury | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2193, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 24.4% of people here live alone, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 25.6%. Most households consist of two people (36.1%) or one person (24.4%).
24.4% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canterbury, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales figure.
13.8% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canterbury, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10796/canterbury/topic/family-households