Colly Blue · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Colly Blue

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.

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📍 Colly Blue, Suburb / Locality

Where Colly Blue sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Colly Blue — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Colly Blue2.4
2343, NSW 2.3
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Colly Blue splits fairly evenly between 2 people (50%) and 3 people (50%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 13.6%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Colly Blue, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

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 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