2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cavan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cavan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Cavan than in the rest of the state. The area is dominated by couples with children, which helps explain why households here are larger than the national figure.
2.9
—
- 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 Cavan — higher than 81% of areas.
| Cavan | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2582, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cavan are typically more crowded, with 2.9 people per household. This is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
Household size
View on map →In Cavan, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 4 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are mostly couples with children (63.6%) or couples without children (24.2%). Notably, there are no one-parent families here, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cavan, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Cavan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10860/cavan/topic/family-households