2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Candelo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Candelo
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Candelo than in most similar areas. This is a community where a typical home has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. While many families still live here, the number of single-person households has grown significantly since 2011.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Candelo — lower than 64% of areas.
| Candelo | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2550, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.2% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average. This trend has risen since 2011, contributing to a typical household size that is now lower than in most other areas.
34.2% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Candelo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 16.4%. This last group is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though the proportion has fallen by 9.3 points since 2011.
16.4% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Candelo, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Candelo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122030/candelo/topic/family-households