2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolmunda · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coolmunda
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Coolmunda are led by a single parent, a rate well above the national figure. This creates a community where family support is key, as the area has far fewer people living alone than the Queensland average. Most homes are occupied by couples, though many are raising children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Coolmunda — higher than 57% of areas.
| Coolmunda | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4387, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the national typical, with 2.6 people per household. Very few people live by themselves at 16.9%, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
16.9% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolmunda, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 22.8% of the total, placing Coolmunda among the highest areas for this group compared to others. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
22.8% ▲ +261.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coolmunda splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 23%.
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 Coolmunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30682/coolmunda/topic/family-households