2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cossack · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cossack
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Cossack have remained steady over the last decade, with the area now seeing far fewer people living alone than most other regions. This is a place where larger living arrangements are common, and the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Cossack — higher than 76% of areas.
| Cossack | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 0850, NT | 2.7 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because only 18.8% of people live alone, which is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
18.8% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cossack, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.4%. One-parent families account for 10.5% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cossack, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Cossack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70065/cossack/topic/family-households