1.8 → 0.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canton Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Canton Beach are occupied by a single person. This makes it an area where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure.
1.8
→ 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 Canton Beach — lower than 91% of areas.
| Canton Beach | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 2263, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over half the population (54.2%) live alone, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages of around 25%. Because of this, the typical household size of 1.8 people is among the lowest for similar areas.
54.2% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canton Beach, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 18.4% of families are headed by one parent, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other families are split almost evenly between couples with children (40.2%) and those without (39.8%).
18.4% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Canton Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Canton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10797/canton-beach/topic/family-households