Coffee Camp · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Coffee Camp

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Coffee Camp than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a high number of single-person households and a significant proportion of one-parent families.

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📍 Coffee Camp, Suburb / Locality

Where Coffee Camp sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -8.7%
  • 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 Coffee Camp — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coffee Camp2.1
2480, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 37.3% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Coffee Camp is smaller than most, with only 2.1 people per dwelling.

2.1 ▼ -8.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.3% ▲ +32.1%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.3%
  • 2016: 18.5%
  • 2021: 37.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Coffee Camp, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 22.3% of the community, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most other families are couples, with 42.3% having children and 40.0% without.

22.3% ▲ +78.5%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.5%
  • 2016: 18.0%
  • 2021: 22.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Coffee Camp splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families 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 Coffee Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10958/coffee-camp/topic/family-households