2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caves Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caves Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Caves Beach than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, it is much less common for residents to live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Caves Beach — higher than 57% of areas.
| Caves Beach | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 2281, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.1% of people live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. The most common household size is two people, making up 39.7% of all homes.
21.1% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Caves Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.2%. One-parent families account for 14.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
14.3% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caves Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Caves Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10861/caves-beach/topic/family-households