Comaum · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Comaum

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Comaum are couples with children. This makes them the most common family type in the area, though one-parent families are more frequent here than in most other similar places.

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📍 Comaum, Suburb / Locality

Where Comaum sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Comaum — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Comaum2.4
5277, SA 2.2
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.4 people per home, the typical household size in Comaum is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Comaum splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 48.6% of families, followed by couples without children at 42.9%. One-parent families account for 14.3%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.

14.3%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.9%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Comaum, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (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 Comaum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40288/comaum/topic/family-households