1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardwell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cardwell
How families and households are made up across the area.
About half of all families in Cardwell are couples without children. This high number of childless couples, along with many people living alone, means the town has a smaller typical household size than most other areas.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Cardwell — lower than 89% of areas.
| Cardwell | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4849, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 40% of people in Cardwell live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home holds only 1.9 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
40.0% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cardwell splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 49.4%.
19.5% ▲ +52.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardwell, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (29%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Cardwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30537/cardwell/topic/family-households