3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Como · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Como
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in Como, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This makes the suburb a strong hub for larger households, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 Como — higher than 88% of areas.
| Como | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 2226, NSW | 2.8 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.6. Only 12.5% of people live alone, a rate far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.5% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Como splits fairly evenly between 4 people (28%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 7.3%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
7.3% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Como, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Como [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10996/como/topic/family-households