2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coonalpyn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coonalpyn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Coonalpyn, where nearly 40% of people live on their own. This makes the town stand out compared to the rest of the country, with a typical home holding just two people.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Coonalpyn — lower than 86% of areas.
| Coonalpyn | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5265, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of South Australia or Australia, with 39.6% of households consisting of one person. Because of this, the typical home has only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
39.6% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Coonalpyn splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.1% of families in the area. At the same time, one-parent families make up only 8.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.3% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coonalpyn, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Coonalpyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40304/coonalpyn/topic/family-households