2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colly Blue · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the national average, the typical home in Colly Blue houses 2.4 people. This small area sees a high proportion of single-parent families compared to similar places, though overall family sizes mirror state trends.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Colly Blue — lower than 57% of areas.
| Colly Blue | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2343, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
An average of 2.4 people live in each home, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colly Blue splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 3 people (50%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.1% of families here. Single-parent families represent 14.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
14.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Colly Blue, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Colly Blue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10981/colly-blue/topic/family-households