2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cook · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Cook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have risen to 35.1% in Cook since 2011, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements. This high number of solo residents means the area has a much higher proportion of people living alone than most other parts of the country.
2.3
→ 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 Cook — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cook | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.1% of people here live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, the typical home in Cook holds 2.3 people, slightly fewer than the national figure of 2.5.
35.1% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cook splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, while 32.2% are couples without children.
18.2% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cook, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32500/cook/topic/family-households