2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Calala · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Calala
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Calala, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where family-sized living is common.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Calala — higher than 76% of areas.
| Calala | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2340, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are generally larger than in other areas, though the number of people per home has edged down since 2011. While 22.1% of people live alone—a figure that has risen since 2011—this is still well below the national figure.
22.1% ▲ +38.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Calala, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.8%. One-parent families account for 15.9% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and has risen 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
15.9% ▲ +78.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Calala, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Calala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115035/calala/topic/family-households