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Snowy Monaro Regional CouncilCommunity profile

Cooma Outskirts

Household type

In Cooma Outskirts, 30.8% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 21.9% in Snowy Monaro Regional Council area.

Cooma Outskirts's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Cooma Outskirts's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Cooma Outskirts - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Snowy Monaro Regional Council area %Number%Snowy Monaro Regional Council area %2016 to 2021
Couples with children13130.821.912633.721.3+4
Couples without children15636.726.313235.224.6+24
One parent families174.07.5102.97.4+6
Other families40.90.651.40.5-1
Group household61.43.8102.72.8-4
Lone person6615.525.37520.124.9-10
Other not classifiable household388.94.8133.74.8+24
Visitor only households71.69.810.313.7+6
Total households425100.0100.0375100.0100.0+50
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Cooma Outskirts in 2021 compared to Snowy Monaro Regional Council area shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 30.8% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 4.0% were one-parent families, compared with 21.9% and 7.5% respectively for Snowy Monaro Regional Council area.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 15.5% compared to 25.3% in Snowy Monaro Regional Council area while the proportion of couples without children was 36.7% compared to 26.3% in Snowy Monaro Regional Council area.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Cooma Outskirts increased by 50 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major differences in Cooma Outskirts between 2016 and 2021.

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