Catalina · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Catalina

How families and households are made up across the area.

Two-person households are the most common arrangement in Catalina, making up 38.9% of all homes. The area is characterized by a higher number of people living alone and one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Catalina, Suburb / Locality

Where Catalina sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Catalina — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Catalina2.3
2536, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Catalina are smaller than the national figure, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is partly because 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.0% ▲ +9.6%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.4%
  • 2016: 31.7%
  • 2021: 30.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Catalina, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 20% of the local total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples with children at 41.5% and couples without children at 38.3%.

20.0% ▲ +15.4%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.3%
  • 2016: 19.9%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Catalina splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Catalina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10852/catalina/topic/family-households