3.0 ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colo Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colo Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher-than-usual number of people share each home in Colo Heights, where the typical household now holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, making the area stand out for its larger living groups compared to most other places.
3.0
▲ +15.4%
- 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 Colo Heights — higher than 86% of areas.
| Colo Heights | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up only 18.3% of households, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger here, with 3.0 people per home being much higher than most areas.
18.3% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colo Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 68.3% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 4.2%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
4.2% ▼ -69.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colo Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; 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 Colo Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10984/colo-heights/topic/family-households