1.9 ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cawongla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cawongla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up 51.6% of families in Cawongla, the most common household type here. The area is sparsely populated and has a very high proportion of people living alone, meaning homes are typically much smaller than in other parts of the country.
1.9
▼ -20.8%
- 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 Cawongla — lower than 89% of areas.
| Cawongla | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 2474, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 1.9 people, well below the New South Wales average of 2.6.
38.5% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cawongla, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (41%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other families include couples with children at 29.8%.
20.2% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cawongla, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Cawongla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10863/cawongla/topic/family-households