2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardiff · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cardiff
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Cardiff live on their own, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a local housing landscape where single-person households are far more common than in most other areas.
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 Cardiff — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cardiff | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2285, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cardiff holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. While 29.5% of homes are occupied by one person, those with two people are the most common group at 34.2%.
29.5% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cardiff splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Meanwhile, 52.1% of families are couples with children.
18.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardiff, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Cardiff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10808/cardiff/topic/family-households