2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolamon · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Coolamon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Coolamon include children, reflecting a community focused on family life. This is a place where households are generally larger than in most other similar areas, and a high proportion of residents live as couples.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Coolamon — higher than 71% of areas.
| Coolamon | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Coolamon holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 38.8% of households consist of two people, the number of people living alone has risen to 27.3% since 2011.
27.3% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolamon, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.8% of families here, while 33.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.5%, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
12.5% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coolamon, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12000/coolamon/topic/family-households