2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooloongup · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cooloongup
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of one-parent families than the state average marks the family landscape in Cooloongup. While the typical number of people per home is 2.4, the area has a distinct mix of single-person households and families with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Cooloongup — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cooloongup | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 6168, WA | 2.1 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 36.1% containing two people and 29.9% containing just one.
29.9% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooloongup, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 46.2% and couples without children at 29%.
23.4% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cooloongup, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Cooloongup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50329/cooloongup/topic/family-households