1.9 ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coolangatta
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Coolangatta than in the rest of the state. This trend means homes are much smaller than typical Australian households, with the usual home containing just 1.9 people.
1.9
▲ +5.6%
- 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 Coolangatta — lower than 89% of areas.
| Coolangatta | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4225, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 37.5% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5 people.
37.5% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolangatta, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 52.4%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.5% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coolangatta, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30680/coolangatta/topic/family-households