2.7 ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Collie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Collie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.5% of families in Collie, making it a place where family units are the norm. This community has very few people living alone and an absence of single-parent families, leading to larger households than in most similar areas.
2.7
▲ +28.6%
- 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 Collie — higher than 71% of areas.
| Collie | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2827, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Collie holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 17.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
17.5% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Collie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are dominated by couples, with 63.5% having children and 35.8% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a result far below the 14.1% national figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Collie, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10975/collie/topic/family-households