2.8 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cargo · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cargo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Cargo, where 2.8 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone and family groups are the primary way of living.
2.8
▲ +16.7%
- 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 Cargo — higher than 81% of areas.
| Cargo | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2800, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.9% of people live by themselves, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen 12 points since 2011. This shift toward larger homes is seen in the 2.8 people per household, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5.
16.9% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cargo, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 64.1%, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 8.7%, the share of one-parent families is well below the national figure and has dropped 14 points since 2011.
8.7% ▼ -62.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cargo, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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 Cargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122033/cargo/topic/family-households