2.4 ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coolamon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Coolamon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of households in Coolamon are now run by a single person, reflecting a shift toward smaller living arrangements. The area has a strong family presence, with nearly half of all families including children.
2.4
▼ -17.2%
- 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 Coolamon — higher than 57% of areas.
| Coolamon | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 2701, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Coolamon holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop from 2.9 people per home in 2011, as the number of people living alone rose 12 points to 28.1%.
28.1% ▲ +72.1%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coolamon, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Almost half of all families here are couples with children, while 32.4% are couples without children.
17.9% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coolamon, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115042/coolamon/topic/family-households