3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairnlea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cairnlea
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.4 people per home makes Cairnlea a place with some of the largest households in the region. This high number reflects a community where large family groups are common and very few people live on their own.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Cairnlea — higher than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical household size of 3.4 people, Cairnlea is well above the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, which at 10.6% is far below the national average of 25.6%.
10.6% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cairnlea splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 69.2%. One-parent families account for 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
15.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairnlea, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families is next at 15%.
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 Cairnlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20441/cairnlea/topic/family-households