1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coongulla · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coongulla
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Coongulla compared to the past, with the area now seeing a much higher rate of single-person homes. This shift is seen in the fact that 35.9% of households are now just one person, far above the national figure.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Coongulla — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 1.9 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is partly because 35.9% of people live alone, which is far above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
35.9% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coongulla, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.2% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples without children, who account for 60.9% of the group.
19.2% ▲ +172.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coongulla, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
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 Coongulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20628/coongulla/topic/family-households