2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coorow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coorow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 41% of families in Coorow are couples with children, which is the most common family type in the area. This mix of family structures sits alongside a very high number of people living on their own, making for a diverse range of household sizes.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Coorow — lower than 81% of areas.
| Coorow | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 6515, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, with 36.5% of people living alone—a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Coorow holds 2.1 people, which is lower than most other areas.
36.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coorow, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. The remaining families are split almost evenly between couples with children (40.8%) and couples without (40%).
17.5% ▲ +48.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coorow splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Coorow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50335/coorow/topic/family-households