2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Couridjah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Couridjah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more people per household define daily life in Couridjah (L), where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most areas and is a trend that has grown since 2011.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 Couridjah — higher than 86% of areas.
| Couridjah | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 2571, NSW | 3.0 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home is more crowded than those in the rest of Australia, with 2.9 people per dwelling. This is reflected in a low number of people living alone (17.6%), which is well below the national figure and has fallen over the last decade.
17.6% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Couridjah, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children dominate the area, making up 63.2% of all households. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, at 10.8%, and this figure has fallen since 2011.
10.8% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Couridjah, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Couridjah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122042/couridjah/topic/family-households