2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coldstream · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coldstream
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over a quarter of people live alone in Coldstream, a figure that sits well above the state and national averages. This reflects a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than most other similar areas. The community is split between small households and family homes.
2.3
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- 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 Coldstream — lower than 71% of areas.
| Coldstream | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2462, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 28.6% of households, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.0%. This helps explain why the typical home holds just 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coldstream, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (30%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with or without children each make up 37.5% of the family mix. One-parent families account for 14.6%, which is higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
14.6% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coldstream splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Coldstream [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10963/coldstream/topic/family-households