2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooranbong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cooranbong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Slightly larger households are common in Cooranbong, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits about the same as the state and national figures. Family life is central here, with nearly 60% of homes consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▲ +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 Cooranbong — higher than 71% of areas.
| Cooranbong | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 2265, NSW | 2.7 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here hold two people (34.1%), and the typical household is slightly larger than the national figure of 2.5. Meanwhile, 23.3% of residents live alone, which is a little below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
23.3% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooranbong, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.4% of families, while 12.7% are one-parent families. This last figure is higher than most similar areas, although it remains a little below the New South Wales average of 14.0%.
12.7% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cooranbong, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11052/cooranbong/topic/family-households