Coomboona · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Coomboona

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 64.1% of families in Coomboona, making them the most common household type. While many homes are filled with children, there is also a surprisingly high number of people living on their own.

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📍 Coomboona, Suburb / Locality

Where Coomboona sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Coomboona — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coomboona2.7
3629, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About one third (33.3%) of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.7 people, a figure slightly higher than the 2.5 seen across Australia.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.8%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Coomboona splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families are rare here, making up only 5.4% of the total. This is well below the 14.1% average across Australia.

5.4%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Coomboona, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Coomboona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20626/coomboona/topic/family-households