3.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes and large family groups define daily life in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, where the typical household is far larger than the national average. With 3.8 people per home, this area has some of the highest occupant numbers across similar regions.
3.8
→ 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands — higher than 99% of areas.
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| 6799, OT | 3.8 |
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 7.4%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are so full, with 21.3% of households containing six or more people.
7.4% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 6 or more (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 64.2% of the group. Meanwhile, one-parent families are rare at 2.7%, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
2.7% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/901021002/cocos-islands/topic/family-households