Caldermeade · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Caldermeade

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share each home in Caldermeade than in most other areas, with a typical household of 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5. The area is dominated by families, with nearly 70% of them being couples with children.

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Where Caldermeade sits — Average household size

2.9 → 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 Caldermeade — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Caldermeade2.9
3984, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than usual, which helps explain why the 21.1% of people living alone is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. About 21% of households contain three people, and another 21% contain four.

2.9 → 0.0%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

21.1% ▲ +0.6%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.9%
  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 21.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Caldermeade splits fairly evenly between 1 person (22%) and 3 people (22%), with 4 people at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 69.5% of families in Caldermeade. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.

11.3% ▲ +95.7%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 11.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Caldermeade, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.

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 Caldermeade [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20443/caldermeade/topic/family-households