2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coorumba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coorumba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household structures in Coorumba have shifted since 2011, though the area remains defined by larger living arrangements. Most homes are occupied by families, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling, which is higher than in most similar areas.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Coorumba — higher than 71% of areas.
| Coorumba | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4860, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 19.1% of households being single-person, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than usual, as nearly 30% of households contain two people and over 21% have three.
19.1% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coorumba, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of the local family landscape at 60%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 8.6% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
8.6% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coorumba, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Coorumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30708/coorumba/topic/family-households