Cawdor · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cawdor

How families and households are made up across the area.

Large households are the norm in Cawdor, where the typical home holds 3.5 people. This is well above the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5, creating a community where very few people live on their own.

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📍 Cawdor, Suburb / Locality

Where Cawdor sits — Average household size

3.5
  • 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 Cawdor — higher than 95% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cawdor3.5
4352, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much larger than usual, with 18.8% of households containing five people. This is reflected in the very low number of people living alone, at just 7.1%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.

3.5

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.5
  • 2021: 3.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

7.1%

Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Cawdor splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The vast majority of families are couples with children, making up 79.5% of the total. Consequently, one-parent families account for only 6.9%, a figure well below the 15.4% seen across Queensland.

6.9%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cawdor, Couples with children is the majority at 77%; Couples without children is next at 16%.

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 Cawdor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30565/cawdor/topic/family-households