2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooma Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cooma Surrounds
How families and households are made up across the area.
Cooma Surrounds stands out for having a very low proportion of one-parent families compared to other similar areas. Most of the community lives in two-person households, which make up 40.2% of all homes. The area maintains a steady household structure that mirrors state and national patterns.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Cooma Surrounds — lower than 64% of areas.
| Cooma Surrounds | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2630, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in each home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the national average. Around 26.6% of people live alone, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
26.6% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooma Surrounds, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.2% of families, while those without children account for 37.8%. One-parent families make up only 8.6% of the total, which is well below the Australian average and among the lowest for its level.
8.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cooma Surrounds, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Cooma Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101031015/cooma-surrounds/topic/family-households