Curban · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Curban

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Curban than in most similar areas. The typical home hosts 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a place where most households are made up of two or more people.

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Where Curban sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Curban — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Curban2.5
2827, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 17% of people here live alone, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 25%. Over half of all homes (53.2%) are shared by two people.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.0%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.6%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Curban, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up just 6.3% of the total, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Almost half of all families are couples without children (49.1%).

6.3%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Curban splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.

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 Curban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11167/curban/topic/family-households