2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caveside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caveside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Caveside than in the typical Australian home. This area is largely made up of small households, with 72% of homes containing either one or two people. The community also has a much higher proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Caveside — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 30% of people living alone—a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
30.0% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Caveside, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.2% of the local total, which is well above both the state (15.9%) and national (14.1%) figures. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.4%.
20.2% ▲ +77.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caveside, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (37%) 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 Caveside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60104/caveside/topic/family-households