2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coledale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coledale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of families in Coledale are couples with children, making it a strong hub for larger households. The area is far less likely to have people living alone compared to the rest of the country, with the typical home holding nearly three people.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Coledale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Coledale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2515, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is reflected in the fact that only 14.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.6% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coledale, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.2% of families, while 27% are couples without children. Only 7.2% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 14%.
7.2% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coledale, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Coledale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10966/coledale/topic/family-households