2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coorong · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Coorong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Coorong consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size, with only 2.2 people per home. The area is largely made up of couples, both with and without children.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Coorong — lower than 86% of areas.
| Coorong | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 33.6% of households being single-person homes. This is part of a downward trend, as the typical number of people per home has fallen from 2.4 in 2011 to 2.2 today.
33.6% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coorong, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.6% of families, while those without children account for 39.1%. One-parent families represent 13.0% of the total, a figure that is a little below the South Australian average and has risen slightly since 2011.
13.0% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coorong, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Coorong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47800/coorong/topic/family-households