3.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands have remained steady since 2011, with a typical home holding 3.8 people. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where large family groups are the norm and very few people live by themselves.
3.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands — higher than 99% of areas.
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is rare here, with only 7.4% of people in single-person households, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%. Large homes are common, as 21.3% of households contain six or more people.
7.4% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
Family units are dominated by couples, with 64.2% raising children and 32.2% without. One-parent families make up only 2.7% of the total, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
2.7% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/90102/cocos-islands/topic/family-households