Cooroy · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cooroy

How families and households are made up across the area.

About the same as the state and national figures, Cooroy has a typical home size of 2.4 people. The area shows a balanced mix of household types, with nearly half of all families including children.

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Where Cooroy sits — Average household size

2.4 → 0.0%
  • 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 Cooroy — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cooroy2.4
4563, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Roughly 26.2% of people here live alone, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.5% of the total.

2.4 → 0.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.2% ▼ -5.0%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.5%
  • 2016: 26.7%
  • 2021: 26.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Cooroy, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas. Couples with children are the largest group at 46.5%, followed by couples without children at 37.9%.

14.8% ▼ -28.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.6%
  • 2016: 19.3%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cooroy, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (15%).

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 Cooroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30705/cooroy/topic/family-households