3.0 ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cumbalum · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cumbalum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.2% of the population in Cumbalum, making it a strong family hub. The area has a much higher number of people per home than most other similar places. This shift towards larger households is clear, as the typical home size rose from 2.2 to 3.0 people since 2011.
3.0
▲ +36.4%
- 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 Cumbalum — higher than 87% of areas.
| Cumbalum | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is mirrored by the fact that only 11% of people live alone, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -64.4%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cumbalum, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11% of the local total, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%. This represents a drop of 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cumbalum, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; 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 Cumbalum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115050/cumbalum/topic/family-households