Curl Curl · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Curl Curl

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than three people typically share a home in Curl Curl, making it a place where large households are the norm. The area is dominated by families with children and has very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Curl Curl, Suburb / Locality

Where Curl Curl sits — Average household size

3.0 ▲ +3.4%
  • 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 Curl Curl — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Curl Curl3.0
2096, NSW 2.5
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People per home is 3.0, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with only 14.3% of people living alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.0 ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.3% ▼ -15.7%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.9%
  • 2016: 19.1%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Curl Curl splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 72.4%. Only 6.7% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

6.7% ▼ -17.5%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 6.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Curl Curl, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Curl Curl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11168/curl-curl/topic/family-households