2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cobaw · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cobaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households define Cobaw, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a strong contrast to most other areas, resulting in a community where very few people live alone.
2.8
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- 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 Cobaw — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 9.1% of people here live by themselves, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why homes are larger than usual, with 18.2% of households containing five people.
9.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cobaw, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 5 people (24%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 3.5%, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
3.5% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cobaw, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Cobaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20587/cobaw/topic/family-households