2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coonamble · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of single-parent families live in Coonamble than in the rest of the state. This trend is mirrored in the housing data, where people living alone make up 31.4% of households, a figure well above the national average.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Coonamble — lower than 64% of areas.
| Coonamble | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2829, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, people living alone now make up 31.4% of all households, a figure that has risen since 2011.
2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.4% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Coonamble splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.4% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion of families has risen by 2.1 percentage points over the last decade.
24.4% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Coonamble, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (24%).
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/sa2/105011094/coonamble/topic/family-households