2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cooper · State Electorate
Family & Households in Cooper
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Cooper than in most similar areas. This community is largely made up of families, with nearly 65% of them being couples with children. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, the number of people living alone has grown over the last decade.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Cooper — higher than 57% of areas.
| Cooper | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. About 22.8% of people live alone, a figure that is a little below the Australian average but has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
22.8% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cooper, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 9.9% of the total, which is among the lowest levels for this kind of area and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decrease of 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cooper, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Cooper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30023/cooper/topic/family-households