Koorawatha · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Koorawatha

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Koorawatha are couples without children. This small area is mostly made up of very small households, with the typical home holding just 1.8 people.

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📍 Koorawatha, Urban Centre

Where Koorawatha sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -10.0%
  • 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 Koorawatha — lower than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Koorawatha1.8
2807, NSW 2.1
New South Wales 2.6
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A high 42.4% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This contributes to a small average household size that has fallen since 2011.

1.8 ▼ -10.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

42.4% ▼ -5.2%

Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 44.8%
  • 2016: 40.0%
  • 2021: 42.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Koorawatha splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 23.5% of the area, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average and has risen by 11 points since 2011.

23.5% ▲ +91.6%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.2%
  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 23.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Koorawatha, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with 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 Koorawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122074/koorawatha/topic/family-households