3.2 ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cabramatta · State Electorate
Family & Households in Cabramatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Cabramatta, where the number of people per household is among the highest for similar areas. The area has shifted toward larger living arrangements, with the typical home now holding 3.2 people.
3.2
▲ +33.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Cabramatta — higher than 99% of areas.
| Cabramatta | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. This trend is mirrored by a sharp drop in people living alone, which fell 11 points since 2011 to just 16.1%.
16.1% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Cabramatta — 2 people leads at 24%, ahead of 4 people (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.9% of the area, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This has risen 9.2 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 60.8%.
21.9% ▲ +72.6%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cabramatta, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Cabramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10012/cabramatta/topic/family-households