2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooma · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cooma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Cooma (Vic.) than in the rest of the country. This is a place where most households are larger than the national figure, with a strong focus on family life and few single-person homes.
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 Cooma — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.5. Only 12.9% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen nationally.
12.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooma, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 4 people is next at 32%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.3% of families here. One-parent families are rare at just 3.6%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.6% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cooma, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Cooma
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20625/cooma/topic/family-households