2.3 ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Callala Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Callala Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has defined Callala Bay since 2011, with the typical number of people per home falling from 3.0 to 2.3. This change is seen in the rising number of people living alone. The area now has a balanced mix of families with children and couples without them.
2.3
▼ -23.3%
- 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 Callala Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Callala Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2540 crosses NSW/OT | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Callala Bay typically hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. Single-person households have increased significantly since 2011 to reach 26.3%, and two-person homes are now the most common at 44.7%.
26.3% ▲ +57.6%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Callala Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.5% of families, while couples without children account for 40.6%. One-parent families represent 14.8% of the total, a figure that has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
14.8% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Callala Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Callala Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115036/callala-bay/topic/family-households