2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coombabah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coombabah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common arrangement in Coombabah, making up 39.5% of all homes. The area has a high number of people living alone compared to other regions, which helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Coombabah — lower than 81% of areas.
| Coombabah | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4216, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%. Consequently, the number of people per home is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.5% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Coombabah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the largest family group at 42.2%.
18.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coombabah splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 19%.
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 Coombabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30687/coombabah/topic/family-households