2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cobar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Cobar than in most similar areas, with a third of all households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cobar — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cobar | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2835, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of the population lives alone, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25%. Consequently, the typical home in Cobar holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas.
33.3% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.8% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Couples with children are the most common family type at 53.6%.
15.8% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cobar, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/family-households