2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caragabal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caragabal
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people now live alone in Caragabal compared to the state and national averages. This shift highlights a changing household landscape, where over a third of homes are occupied by just one person despite a typical home size of 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Caragabal — higher than 50% of areas.
| Caragabal | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2810, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of residents live alone, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25%. While single-person homes are common, 17.2% of households still contain five people.
34.5% ▲ +97.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Caragabal splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (31%), with 5 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 66.4% of the group. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.5% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caragabal, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Caragabal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10805/caragabal/topic/family-households