2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colignan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colignan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of people in Colignan now live alone, reflecting a shift in the local housing landscape since 2011. The area is mostly made up of families, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Colignan — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Colignan holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, 27.1% of households are people living alone, a rate that is a little above the Victorian and Australian averages.
27.1% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colignan, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 53.0%. One-parent families account for 9.7%, which is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
9.7% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colignan, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Colignan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20615/colignan/topic/family-households