Coolabine · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Coolabine

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 40% of households in Coolabine consist of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a smaller typical household size than most other places. It is a community where small living arrangements are far more common than the state average.

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📍 Coolabine, Suburb / Locality

Where Coolabine sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Coolabine — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coolabine2.1
4574, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A striking 38.9% of people live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. This helps explain why the typical home in Coolabine has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.9%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 45.5%
  • 2021: 38.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Coolabine splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (45%), with 3 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.2% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are also common, with couples with children accounting for 40% of the total.

18.2%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Coolabine, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).

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 Coolabine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30676/coolabine/topic/family-households