Analysis of the household/family types in Canada Bay City in 2021 compared to Sutherland Shire shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 30.5% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 8.6% were one-parent families, compared with 37.1% and 9.6% respectively for Sutherland Shire.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 23.8% compared to 21.6% in Sutherland Shire while the proportion of couples without children was 28.0% compared to 26.2% in Sutherland Shire.