2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardiff · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cardiff
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people live alone in Cardiff, which is a much higher share than most other areas. While many households are small, the area remains centered on family life with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Cardiff — higher than 50% of areas.
| Cardiff | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 6225, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.1% of households are made up of one person, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. The most common home size is two people, who make up 48.9% of all households.
31.1% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cardiff, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 5 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 61.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 7.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.9% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardiff, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Cardiff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50259/cardiff/topic/family-households