2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooya Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cooya Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are common in Cooya Beach, where the typical home holds just two people. This reflects a community with a high proportion of people living alone and a significant number of single-parent families.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Cooya Beach — lower than 76% of areas.
| Cooya Beach | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.9% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, Cooya Beach has only 2.2 people per home, a little below the Queensland average of 2.5.
30.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooya Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 28.2% of the local total, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Couples with children (35.8%) and couples without children (33.9%) also make up the bulk of families here.
28.2% ▲ +50.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cooya Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 29%.
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 Cooya Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30712/cooya-beach/topic/family-households