2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cornishtown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cornishtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families live in Cornishtown, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area stand out as a place almost entirely made up of couples and people living alone. The typical home is smaller than most, usually holding just two people.
2.2
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- 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 Cornishtown — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A little more than a quarter of homes are occupied by people living alone, which is higher than most areas. Overall, the typical home in Cornishtown holds 2.2 people, a little below the figure for Victoria and Australia.
28.2% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cornishtown splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 58.5% having children and 40% without. This composition explains why there are no one-parent families, a result far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cornishtown, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Cornishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20643/cornishtown/topic/family-households