2.7 ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cook · State Electorate
Family & Households in Cook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Cook, where 2.7 people live in the typical home. This trend has grown since 2011, alongside a significant rise in the proportion of single-parent families.
2.7
▲ +17.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Cook — higher than 71% of areas.
| Cook | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than in most other similar areas. While 26.5% of people live alone, this is a drop of 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
26.5% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cook, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.1% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and among the highest for its level. This is a sharp increase from 12.2% in 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 51%.
21.1% ▲ +72.3%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cook, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30021/cook/topic/family-households