Capertee · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Capertee

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all homes in Capertee are occupied by just one person. This makes it a place where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding far fewer people than the state or national figures.

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📍 Capertee, Suburb / Locality

Where Capertee sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -14.3%
  • 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 Capertee — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Capertee1.8
2846, NSW 2.0
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households make up 46.6% of the area, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 25%. Because of this, Capertee has only 1.8 people per home, well below the Australian average of 2.5.

1.8 ▼ -14.3%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

46.6% ▲ +55.5%

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.9%
  • 2016: 38.2%
  • 2021: 46.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Capertee, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children and couples without children are equally common, each making up 42.5% of families. One-parent families account for 11.0%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

11.0% ▼ -38.9%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.9%
  • 2016: 26.3%
  • 2021: 11.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Capertee splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Capertee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10801/capertee/topic/family-households