Cardiff Heights · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cardiff Heights

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Cardiff Heights than in most similar areas, with 27.5% of households consisting of just one person. This makes the area slightly different from the state and national patterns, though the typical home still houses about two or three people.

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📍 Cardiff Heights, Suburb / Locality

Where Cardiff Heights sits — Average household size

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 Heights — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cardiff Heights2.4
2285, NSW 2.7
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.5% of residents live alone, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. The most common home size is two people (35.1%), while the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.

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.

27.5% ▲ +14.0%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.2%
  • 2016: 27.5%
  • 2021: 27.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Cardiff Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.8%. One-parent families account for 11.9% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.

11.9% ▼ -17.5%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 11.4%
  • 2021: 11.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cardiff Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10809/cardiff-heights/topic/family-households