2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cronulla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cronulla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share each roof in Cronulla, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most other areas, reflecting a local landscape shaped by a high number of single-person households and couples without children.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cronulla — lower than 81% of areas.
| Cronulla | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2230, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 34.8% of people in their own home—well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size is smaller than both the state and national averages.
34.8% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cronulla, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.7% of families, while 40.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.5% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cronulla, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Cronulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11120/cronulla/topic/family-households