2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Captains Flat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Captains Flat
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Captains Flat are couples with children, making it the most common family type. This community has a higher rate of people living alone than most other areas. The typical household size is around 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Captains Flat — lower than 57% of areas.
| Captains Flat | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2623, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38.8% of the total.
29.3% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Captains Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 14%.
16.2% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Captains Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Captains Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10803/captains-flat/topic/family-households