Cooke Plains · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cooke Plains

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Cooke Plains than in most similar areas. This is a quiet residential spot where 34.6% of households are single-person homes, a figure well above the national average.

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📍 Cooke Plains, Suburb / Locality

Where Cooke Plains 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 Cooke Plains — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cooke Plains2.4
5261, SA 2.4
South Australia 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Cooke Plains holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, one-person households are very common here at 34.6%, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.6%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 34.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Cooke Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (39%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 45.5% of families, while one-parent families account for 9.1%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.1%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.1%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cooke Plains, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).

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 Cooke Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40297/cooke-plains/topic/family-households