2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cressy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cressy
How families and households are made up across the area.
A mix of small and large homes defines daily life in Cressy, where a high number of people live alone. While the typical household size matches the national figure, over a quarter of residents live by themselves.
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 Cressy — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.6% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. Most homes are small, with 34.4% containing two people and 27.6% containing just one.
27.6% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cressy, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 54.0%. Single-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.5% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cressy, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60139/cressy/topic/family-households