2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardiff South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cardiff South
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Cardiff South consist of couples with children. This makes the area a primary hub for family living, though it also has a much higher rate of one-parent families than most other regions.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 South — higher than 50% of areas.
| Cardiff South | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2285, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Australian figure. About one quarter of households consist of a single person living alone.
25.0% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cardiff South, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the area, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 58%.
17.3% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardiff South, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10810/cardiff-south/topic/family-households