2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Copacabana · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Copacabana compared to the rest of the country, with only 16.9% of households being single-person homes. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%, marking the area as a place where more people live in shared or family settings.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Copacabana — higher than 76% of areas.
| Copacabana | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2251, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5, and reflects the fact that 35.5% of homes house two people while 19.3% house four.
2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
16.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Copacabana, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.3%. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the New South Wales rate of 14.0%.
13.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Copacabana, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Copacabana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11056/copacabana/topic/family-households