3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cromer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cromer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are a common feature of daily life in Cromer, where an average of 3.0 people live in each home. This is a little above the national figure, reflecting a community where fewer people live alone compared to most other areas.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Cromer — higher than 86% of areas.
| Cromer | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2099, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 3.0 people live in the typical home, which is much higher than most areas. Only 19.4% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 25.0%.
19.4% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cromer splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (25%), with 1 person at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 71.0% of the total. One-parent families are less common at 9.3%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.3% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cromer, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; 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 Cromer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11119/cromer/topic/family-households