2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coorong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coorong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero single-parent families is the most striking feature of the Coorong, where the figure is far below the national rate of 14.1%. This creates a very different family landscape compared to most other Australian areas. Most homes here are headed by couples, with the community split almost evenly between those with and without children.
2.3
—
- 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 Coorong — lower than 71% of areas.
| Coorong | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5264, SA | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in the Coorong typically hold 2.3 people. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Coorong splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 53.8% of families, while couples with children account for 51.3%. The 0.0% rate for one-parent families is far below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coorong, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 49%.
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 Coorong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40308/coorong/topic/family-households