3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cherrybrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cherrybrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Cherrybrook, where an unusually high number of people live together under one roof. With 3.1 people per home, it is one of the most crowded areas for household size, creating a domestic environment dominated by families rather than individuals.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Cherrybrook — higher than 88% of areas.
| Cherrybrook | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2126, NSW | 3.1 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is rare here, with only 11.3% of people in single-person households, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are busy, with 27.6% of households containing four people.
11.3% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cherrybrook splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is centered on couples with children, who make up 73.4% of the area. This helps explain why one-parent families are well below the national figure, at just 7.3%.
7.3% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cherrybrook, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Cherrybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10897/cherrybrook/topic/family-households