2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cookardinia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cookardinia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher number of people living alone than in most areas is the defining feature of Cookardinia today. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, this is offset by a significant amount of single-person households and a very low rate of one-parent families.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Cookardinia — higher than 50% of areas.
| Cookardinia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 2650, NSW | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 37% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This is a striking contrast to the typical household size of 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Australia.
37.0% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cookardinia, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 63.1% of the area, while one-parent families are very rare at 6.2%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 14%.
6.2% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cookardinia, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Cookardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11017/cookardinia/topic/family-households