2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coojar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coojar
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 9.1% of families in Coojar are one-parent households, a figure well below the national average. This small community has a strong prevalence of couples with children, making up two-thirds of all families. It is a quiet residential area where homes are slightly smaller than typical Victorian households.
2.3
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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 Coojar — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.3 people per home, households in Coojar are a little smaller than the typical Australian or Victorian home, where the usual figure is 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Coojar splits fairly evenly between 1 person (29%) and 5 people (29%), with 2 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area is dominated by couples with children, who make up 66.7% of families. This helps explain why the rate of one-parent families is just 9.1%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coojar, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Coojar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20623/coojar/topic/family-households