2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coffs Harbour · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Coffs Harbour
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Coffs Harbour are couples with children, making this the most common home type in the area. The region shows a strong family presence, though it also has a higher share of single-parent homes than the national average.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Coffs Harbour — lower than 57% of areas.
| Coffs Harbour | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the state average. While 27.5% of residents live alone, this is lower than most other similar areas.
27.5% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coffs Harbour, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most other areas. Couples with children are the largest group at 50.5%.
17.2% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coffs Harbour, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11800/coffs-harbour/topic/family-households