3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cawdor · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cawdor
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a standout feature of Cawdor, where 3.2 people live in the typical home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community centered heavily on family living.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Cawdor — higher than 89% of areas.
| Cawdor | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 2570, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 12.8%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. This helps explain why homes are larger than most areas, with 27.8% of households housing two people and 23.3% housing four.
12.8% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cawdor splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up the bulk of the area at 65.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.4%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cawdor, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Cawdor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10862/cawdor/topic/family-households