2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wide Bay · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Wide Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person homes are the most common arrangement in Wide Bay, making up 41.2% of all households. This area has a slightly higher proportion of people living alone than the national figure, though typical home sizes remain steady at about 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wide Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Wide Bay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.8% of people here live alone, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen since 2011. Overall, home sizes are about the same as those across Queensland and Australia.
26.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wide Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.5% of families in Wide Bay. One-parent families account for 15.8%, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most similar areas.
15.8% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wide Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED329/wide-bay/topic/family-households