2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cape Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cape Paterson
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements has shaped Cape Paterson, where about 31% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This trend has led to the area having fewer people per home than the national figure, with small households becoming a key feature of the local landscape.
2.2
→ 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 Cape Paterson — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cape Paterson holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5. This is partly because 30.6% of people live alone, a rate well above both the state and national averages.
30.6% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cape Paterson, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families here are couples with children, while 41.6% are couples without children. Only 8.4% are one-parent families, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
8.4% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cape Paterson, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Cape Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20473/cape-paterson/topic/family-households