3.4 ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caniaba · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Caniaba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Caniaba (L), where 3.4 people typically live in each home. This is well above the national figure and reflects a community where few people live alone. Family life is central here, with the vast majority of homes housing multiple people.
3.4
▲ +3.0%
- 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 Caniaba — higher than 91% of areas.
| Caniaba | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with a typical size of 3.4 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011. Only 7.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national average of 25.6%.
7.2% ▲ —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Caniaba splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Caniaba (L) are couples with children, making up 70.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.4%, which is a little below the New South Wales average of 14%.
12.4% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caniaba, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Caniaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122031/caniaba/topic/family-households