2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardinia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cardinia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone make Cardinia a place where most residents share their space. It is a family-heavy area where the typical household holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than in most other regions.
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 Cardinia — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up only 15.0% of households, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. This helps explain why homes here are more crowded, with 2.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
15.0% ▲ +45.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cardinia, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.5%. One-parent families account for 11.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardinia, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Cardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20487/cardinia/topic/family-households