2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canterbury · State Electorate
Family & Households in Canterbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Canterbury than in most similar areas, with an average of 2.7 people per home. While this is slightly higher than the national figure, the area is distinct for having far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of Australia.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Canterbury — higher than 71% of areas.
| Canterbury | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Sydney | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 22.5% of residents live by themselves, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (30.5%), though the typical household size has edged down since 2011.
22.5% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Canterbury, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average but has fallen since 2011.
15.0% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canterbury, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10015/canterbury/topic/family-households