2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolangatta · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Coolangatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as most similar areas, Coolangatta has a balanced mix of household types and family structures. The area is largely made up of couples, though there is a notable presence of single-person homes. Most homes here house two or more people, with 2.4 residents per dwelling on average.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Coolangatta — lower than 71% of areas.
| Coolangatta | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Coolangatta has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 36.1%, while 27.5% of people live alone—a figure slightly above the Queensland average.
27.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolangatta, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.9%, which is higher than most areas, though this figure has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
14.9% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coolangatta, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30902/coolangatta/topic/family-households