2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cobar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cobar
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Cobar since 2011, with this trend helping to push down the typical number of people in each home. A third of all households are now just one person, which is much higher than the usual pattern across Australia.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Cobar — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cobar | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2835, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national mark of 25.6%. This has contributed to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.6.
33.4% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54% of families, while one-parent families account for 15.8%. This last group is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen by 2.9 points since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cobar, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011093/cobar/topic/family-households