2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooyar · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cooyar
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Cooyar than in most other similar areas, with 32.2% of households consisting of just one person. This has contributed to a smaller typical household size, as the area now sees fewer people per home than the state and national figures.
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 Cooyar — lower than 81% of areas.
| Cooyar | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4402, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cooyar holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. Half of all households consist of two people, while those living alone are well above the national figure at 32.2%.
32.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooyar, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 5 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 49.7%. One-parent families account for 15.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
15.4% ▲ +120.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cooyar, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Cooyar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30713/cooyar/topic/family-households