Corunna · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Corunna

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 30% of people live alone in Corunna, a figure well above the national average. This gap highlights a community where single-person households are far more common than in most other parts of the country. Most homes here are small, typically housing just one or two people.

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📍 Corunna, Suburb / Locality

Where Corunna sits — Average household size

2.4 —
  • 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 Corunna — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Corunna2.4
2546, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 29.6% of people live alone, which is much higher than the 25.6% seen across Australia. This explains why the typical home is small, with nearly 60% of households containing only two people.

2.4 —

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.6% —

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 34.5%
  • 2021: 29.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Corunna, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 1 person is next at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 7.4% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Instead, the area is mostly made up of couples, split almost evenly between those with children and those without.

7.4% —

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.9%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Corunna splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (46%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Corunna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11085/corunna/topic/family-households