1.9 ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Coobowie · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Coobowie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Coobowie are now occupied by just one person, a figure that has risen since 2011. This trend contributes to a typical household size that is well below the national figure, making it one of the smallest areas of its kind. While small households dominate, there has been a notable increase in one-parent families.
1.9
▲ +5.6%
- 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 Coobowie — lower than 93% of areas.
| Coobowie | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 5583, SA | 1.9 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 49% of people here live alone, which is far above the South Australian figure of 28.5%. This helps explain why Coobowie has just 1.9 people per home, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
48.5% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Coobowie, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the area, a figure that rose by 8.8 percentage points since 2011. This is well above both the state and national figures.
18.9% ▲ +87.7%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Coobowie, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (37%) 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 Coobowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422017/coobowie/topic/family-households