Coonamble · Council (LGA)

Family & Households in Coonamble

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Coonamble than in most other similar areas, with 32.2% of households consisting of just one person. This shift towards smaller living arrangements has grown since 2011, even while the typical number of people per home remains steady at 2.4.

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📍 Coonamble, Council (LGA)

Where Coonamble sits — Average household size

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 Coonamble — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coonamble2.4
Rest of NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national rate of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 34.8%, while the typical number of people per home has barely changed over the last decade.

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.

32.2% ▲ +7.9%

Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 29.9%
  • 2016: 32.0%
  • 2021: 32.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Coonamble splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 25.7% of the total, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.0%. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children represent 44.7% of families.

25.7% ▲ +9.9%

Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 23.4%
  • 2016: 25.2%
  • 2021: 25.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Coonamble, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (26%).

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 Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12150/coonamble/topic/family-households