2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coffs Harbour · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Coffs Harbour
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families and single-person homes sets Coffs Harbour apart from state and national trends. While family structures are shifting, the typical home here still holds about 2.4 people, which is roughly the same as across Australia.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Coffs Harbour — higher than 57% of areas.
| Coffs Harbour | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2450, NSW | 2.4 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 30.3% of all households, a figure well above the national average and up 8.2 points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most frequent, accounting for 35.8% of the total.
30.3% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the local mix, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14%. This has risen by 3.3 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 48.9%.
19.1% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coffs Harbour, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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/ucl/UCL111002/coffs-harbour/topic/family-households