2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kotta · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is the most striking feature of Kotta's small community. This rare absence of single-parent homes contrasts with a high number of people living alone, creating a unique household mix for the area.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kotta — higher than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Kotta are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This happens alongside a high number of single-person homes, with 32.6% of people living alone, which is well above the 25.6% national average.
2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.6% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Kotta splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 6 or more at 15%.
Family types and one-parent families.
The vast majority of local families are couples with children, making up 70.3% of the group. This explains why one-parent families are far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Kotta, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Kotta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21402/kotta/topic/family-households