2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colinton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colinton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Colinton than in most similar areas, with only 11.4% of households consisting of one person. This contributes to a community where the typical home is shared, though the overall number of people per home is slightly lower than the national figure.
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 Colinton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Colinton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 2626, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Colinton house two people, making up 63.6% of all households. With only 11.4% of people living alone, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 25%.
11.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colinton, 2 people is the majority at 64%; 3 people is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples without children, at 54.5%. One-parent families make up 10.2% of the total, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colinton, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 Colinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10968/colinton/topic/family-households