3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cumbalum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cumbalum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are common in Cumbalum, where an average of 3.0 people live in each dwelling. This figure is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community built largely around larger family groups rather than individuals.
3.0
→ 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 Cumbalum — higher than 86% of areas.
| Cumbalum | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 10.8%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Most households contain two people (32.6%) or four people (23.2%), contributing to a typical home size that is much higher than most areas.
10.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cumbalum, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 64.1%. One-parent families account for 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cumbalum, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Cumbalum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11155/cumbalum/topic/family-households