3.9 ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aurukun · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Aurukun
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Aurukun have fallen since 2011, though they remain very large. The area is now defined by a high number of people sharing homes, with the typical house holding nearly four people.
3.9
▼ -22.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Aurukun — higher than 99% of areas.
| Aurukun | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly four people live in the typical home here, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. While 25.8% of homes hold six or more people, those living alone are far less common than in most of Australia at 16.5%.
16.5% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Aurukun splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (26%) and 3 people (21%), with 1 person at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.2% of the total, a figure far above the national average. This is a very high proportion for the area, though it has barely changed since 2011.
35.2% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aurukun, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (35%) and Couples without children (14%).
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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30250/aurukun/topic/family-households