3.5 —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Colo holds 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This gap highlights a place where households are significantly larger than those found across most of Australia.
3.5
—
- 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 Colo — higher than 95% of areas.
| Colo | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.5 people per home, Colo has some of the highest household sizes at this level. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 2.6 and the Australian average.
Household size
View on map →In Colo, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 5 people (33%) and 6 or more (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 58.8% having children and 29.4% without. Notably, one-parent families make up 0.0% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colo, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Colo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10983/colo/topic/family-households