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.
Herbert · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Herbert
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Herbert are led by a single parent, a rate well above the national figure. While the typical home has 2.5 people, there has been a growing number of residents living on their own in recent years.
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 Herbert — lower than 57% of areas.
| Herbert | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27% of people here live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and has risen since 2011. Most households consist of either two people (34.4%) or one person (27%).
27.0% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Herbert, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. This is among the highest proportions seen in similar areas.
18.6% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Herbert, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED315/herbert/topic/family-households