2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Koorlong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Koorlong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 68% of families in Koorlong are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is defined by larger-than-usual homes and a very low number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Koorlong — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Koorlong are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with fewer people living alone, at just 18.7%, well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
18.7% ▲ +54.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Koorlong, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 6.0% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples, with 67.5% raising children and another 26.0% without children.
6.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Koorlong, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; 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 Koorlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21388/koorlong/topic/family-households