Coghills Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Coghills Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Coghills Creek than in most other areas, with only 10.7% of households consisting of one person. This trend helps push the typical home size up to 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.

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📍 Coghills Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Coghills Creek sits — Average household size

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 Coghills Creek — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coghills Creek2.8
3364, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person homes are the most common at 42.9%. The number of people living alone is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%, which explains why home sizes are much higher than most areas.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.7%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Coghills Creek, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 4 people is next at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 48.5% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, a figure that is well below the national level of 14.1%.

10.3%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Coghills Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Coghills Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20603/coghills-creek/topic/family-households