2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolgardie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coolgardie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Coolgardie, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a family-heavy community where almost no one lives alone, contributing to a domestic environment that is much larger than the state and national figures.
2.9
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- 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 Coolgardie — higher than 81% of areas.
| Coolgardie | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2478, NSW | 2.3 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost no one lives alone here, with 0.0% of households being single-person homes, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, 56.4% of homes house two people, while 12.8% are large households with six or more residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolgardie, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 56.6% raising children and 33.6% without. Only 5.3% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
5.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coolgardie, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11031/coolgardie/topic/family-households