1.9 ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolangatta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Coolangatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Coolangatta than in most similar areas. This is a place of small households, where a huge number of residents live on their own and couples without children make up the largest family group.
1.9
▲ +5.6%
- 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 Coolangatta — lower than 96% of areas.
| Coolangatta | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4225, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5. This helps explain why 37.5% of residents live alone, a rate far above the national figure, though this has fallen since 2011.
37.5% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolangatta, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 52.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 13.5% of the area, which is about the same as the Australian figure and down 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.5% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coolangatta, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021230/coolangatta/topic/family-households