2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coffs Harbour · Urban Area
Family & Households in Coffs Harbour
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families are well above the national figure in Coffs Harbour, where 17.6% of families fit this description. This reflects a broader mix of household types in the area, with about half of all families consisting of couples with children.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Coffs Harbour — lower than 57% of areas.
| Coffs Harbour | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2456, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Coffs Harbour holds 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. About 27.9% of people live alone, which is a little above the national average and represents a small increase over the last decade.
27.9% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coffs Harbour, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.1% of families, while 31.3% are couples without children. The 17.6% of one-parent families is notably higher than most other areas and well above the New South Wales average.
17.6% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coffs Harbour, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1011/coffs-harbour/topic/family-households