2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolabine · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Coolabine — lower than 81% of areas.
| Coolabine | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4574, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
38.9% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Coolabine splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (45%), with 3 people at 10%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Coolabine, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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