2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Corio · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Corio than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the area has a high number of single-person households and a very high proportion of single parents compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Corio — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people in Corio live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 31.8% of all households.
2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.6% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Corio splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 18%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the largest group at 48%.
28.4% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Corio, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (22%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20640/corio/topic/family-households