2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolgardie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coolgardie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of residents in Coolgardie live on their own, which is far above the national figure. This makes the town's households smaller than most, with an average of just 2.1 people per home.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Coolgardie — lower than 81% of areas.
| Coolgardie | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6429, WA | 2.2 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, making up 36.7% of all homes. This is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australia figure of 25.4%.
36.7% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Coolgardie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.6% of the local total, which is well above both the state and national figures. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.2%.
19.6% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coolgardie splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50327/coolgardie/topic/family-households