1.8 ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coober Pedy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Coober Pedy
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Coober Pedy are occupied by people living alone, which is among the highest rates for any similar area. This trend of smaller households means the typical home is far less crowded than those in the rest of South Australia.
1.8
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Coober Pedy — lower than 99% of areas.
| Coober Pedy | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 5723, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 53.4% of residents live by themselves, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits far above the national mark of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
53.4% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coober Pedy, 1 person is the majority at 54%; 2 people is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the community, a proportion that is much higher than most areas and has risen by 5.9 points since 2011. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
19.6% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coober Pedy, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Coober Pedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406021139/coober-pedy/topic/family-households