2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cannons Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cannons Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average households are common in Cannons Creek (L), where 57.1% of families consist of couples with children. This creates a residential landscape geared toward families, though the number of people living in each home has actually dropped from 3.1 to 2.6 since 2011.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Cannons Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. While 23.1% of residents live alone—a figure that rose 9.1 points since 2011—this is still a little below the national rate of 25.6%.
23.1% ▲ +64.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cannons Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.1%. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, a figure that is lower than in most areas and has risen 6.4 points since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +99.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cannons Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Cannons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221013/cannons-creek/topic/family-households