2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caringbah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caringbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Caringbah than in previous years, with 33.3% of households now consisting of a single person. This trend means the area has smaller homes on average than the state and national figures. It is a mix of family homes and a growing number of single-person dwellings.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Caringbah — lower than 71% of areas.
| Caringbah | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2229, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Caringbah holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6. This is partly because the number of people living alone is well above the national average at 33.3%.
33.3% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Caringbah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.3%, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
15.3% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caringbah, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Caringbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10814/caringbah/topic/family-households