2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cosgrove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cosgrove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Cosgrove than in most other areas, with a strong focus on family-led homes. The typical home houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.5
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- 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 Cosgrove — higher than 50% of areas.
| Cosgrove | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 18.3% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.7% of all homes.
18.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cosgrove, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 50.5%. One-parent families account for 16.2% of the total, which is much higher than in most other areas.
16.2% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cosgrove, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Cosgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30729/cosgrove/topic/family-households