Coleambally · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Coleambally

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Coleambally are couples with children. This makes them the most common household type in the area, though a surprisingly high number of people also live by themselves.

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📍 Coleambally, Suburb / Locality

Where Coleambally sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -7.7%
  • 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 Coleambally — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coleambally2.4
2707, NSW 2.4
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Around 31.2% of people live alone in Coleambally, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the New South Wales average.

2.4 ▼ -7.7%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.2% ▲ +20.6%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.9%
  • 2016: 30.2%
  • 2021: 31.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Coleambally splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 55.5% of families here. The proportion of one-parent families is 9.7%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

9.7% ▼ -3.6%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 12.8%
  • 2021: 9.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Coleambally, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Coleambally [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10964/coleambally/topic/family-households