2.5 —
Higher than 57% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rest of Qld · Capital City
Family & Households in Rest of Qld
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families than most similar areas define the domestic landscape of Rest of Qld. This region mirrors state and national patterns in household size, with the typical home housing 2.5 people.
2.5
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- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 0 areas
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 0 areas
- 2.3: 3 areas
- 2.4: 4 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 4 areas
- 2.7: 1 area
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 1 area
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Rest of Qld — higher than 57% of areas.
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here have 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Roughly 25.6% of households consist of one person, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
25.6% —
Lower than 58% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rest of Qld, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Over half of all families are couples with children, while 30.4% are couples without children.
15.8% —
Higher than 84% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rest of Qld, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Rest of Qld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3RQLD/rest-of-qld/topic/family-households