2.0 ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coral Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Coral Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Coral Bay are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes it an area with very small households compared to the rest of the country. The typical home here holds just two people.
2.0
▲ +17.6%
- 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 Coral Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Coral Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 6701, WA | 2.3 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 50% of residents living alone, the number of people per home is 2.0, which is well below the Western Australian and national average of 2.5. This is among the highest rates of single-person households at this level.
50.0% ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coral Bay, 1 person is the majority at 59%; 2 people is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.6% of families, while couples without children account for 45.8%. One-parent families make up 6.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.9% ▲ —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Coral Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
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 Coral Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50338/coral-bay/topic/family-households