Cobar Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cobar Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Most homes in Cobar Park are family-focused, with 60.6% of households consisting of couples with children. The area is defined by a strong presence of traditional family units, as one-parent families are far less common here than across the rest of the country.

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📍 Cobar Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Cobar Park sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Park — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cobar Park2.4
2790, NSW 2.2
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Cobar Park holds 2.4 people. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.5 and the New South Wales figure of 2.6.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Cobar Park, 1 person is the majority at 57%; 2 people is next at 43%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 9.1% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 60.6% having children and 18.2% without.

9.1%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 42.9%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cobar Park, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 21%.

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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10949/cobar-park/topic/family-households