2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coffin Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Coffin Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in people living alone has shaped the household makeup of Coffin Bay since 2011. Most homes here are smaller than the national figure, with the typical household now consisting of just 2.0 people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Coffin Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Coffin Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5607, SA | 2.5 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households dominate the area, with 46.8% containing two people and 30.7% just one. This is much lower than most areas, and the number of people living alone has risen since 2011 to 30.7%, which is well above the Australian figure.
30.7% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coffin Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 55.1% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.5%, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian average.
11.5% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coffin Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Coffin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421007/coffin-bay/topic/family-households