2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolatai · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coolatai
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become more common in Coolatai, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a trend toward fewer people living under one roof.
2.2
—
- 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 Coolatai — lower than 76% of areas.
| Coolatai | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 2402, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most areas, with 27.8% of people living alone. This is a little above the 25.6% seen across Australia; about a third of all households consist of just two people.
27.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolatai, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 43.1%, while couples with children account for 40.0%. One-parent families represent 13.8% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coolatai splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Coolatai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11028/coolatai/topic/family-households