2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Capricornia · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Capricornia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people are living alone in Capricornia, with the proportion of single-person homes rising to 25.1% since 2011. While the area has seen this shift, it remains a typical place for families and households, matching both state and national patterns in most key areas.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Capricornia — lower than 57% of areas.
| Capricornia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Capricornia has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Two-person households are the most common at 35.4%, and the number of people per home has edged down slightly over the last decade.
25.1% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Capricornia, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 55.7%. The proportion of one-parent families has risen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14.9%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Capricornia, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Capricornia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED305/capricornia/topic/family-households