2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cosgrove South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cosgrove South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Cosgrove South are lived in by just one person. This makes the area stand out from most other regions, as it has a very high proportion of single-person households compared to the rest of the country.
2.0
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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 Cosgrove South — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 51.9% of all households. This is far above the national figure of 25.6%, which helps explain why the typical home has only 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
51.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cosgrove South, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (41%) and 5 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families are couples with children, while 41.2% are couples without children. There are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cosgrove South, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 45%.
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 Cosgrove South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20651/cosgrove-south/topic/family-households