Coowonga · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Coowonga

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest group of households in Coowonga, accounting for 45.3% of all families. This is a community where most homes are shared, with only 20% of people living on their own. Overall, household sizes here are very typical for the region.

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Where Coowonga sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 Coowonga — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Coowonga2.5
4702, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Coowonga has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, sitting well below the Australian average of 25.6%.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.0% ▲ +3.2%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.4%
  • 2016: 18.6%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Coowonga, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family homes are common, with 41.7% being couples without children and 45.3% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

9.4% ▼ -21.5%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Coowonga splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Coowonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30711/coowonga/topic/family-households