2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cobar · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Cobar
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Cobar are couples with children, making up 54.4% of the total. While many households are family-based, there is also a strong presence of people living alone, which is much higher than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Cobar — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cobar | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.5% of people in Cobar live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
33.5% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011. Other family types include couples without children, who account for 28.9% of families.
15.3% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cobar, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11750/cobar/topic/family-households