Kooralbyn · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Kooralbyn

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples without children make up the largest group in Kooralbyn, accounting for 44.9% of families. This is a community where smaller living arrangements are common, with a high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Kooralbyn, Suburb / Locality

Where Kooralbyn sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Kooralbyn — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Kooralbyn2.3
4285, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 29.7% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home in Kooralbyn has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

29.7% ▲ +21.6%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.4%
  • 2016: 27.4%
  • 2021: 29.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Kooralbyn, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children account for 40.1% of the area. One-parent families make up 14.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.

14.0% ▼ -19.3%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.3%
  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 14.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Kooralbyn splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.

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 Kooralbyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31569/kooralbyn/topic/family-households