2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cobains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cobains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Cobains compared to the state and national figures. This rural area is mostly made up of family groups, with over 60% of households consisting of couples with children. The typical home here is slightly larger than those seen across Australia.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Cobains — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. While 41% of households have two people, those living alone make up 22.9%, a figure well below the Victorian average.
22.9% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cobains, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Cobains is dominated by couples, who make up over 94% of all families. Only 5.8% are one-parent families, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure.
5.8% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cobains, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Cobains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20586/cobains/topic/family-households