2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Colo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Colo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements define daily life in Upper Colo, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits slightly above the national figure of 2.5 people per home.
2.8
—
- 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 Upper Colo — higher than 76% of areas.
| Upper Colo | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2756, NSW | 2.9 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are generally more crowded than in most other areas, with 28.6% of households containing three people. Meanwhile, those living alone make up 23.8% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
23.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Colo, the largest group is 3 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common in Upper Colo, making up 63% of all family types. One-parent families account for 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.2% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Colo, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; One-parent families is next at 17%.
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 Upper Colo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14035/upper-colo/topic/family-households