2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barcaldine · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Barcaldine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Barcaldine than in most similar areas, with 33.7% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Barcaldine — lower than 71% of areas.
| Barcaldine | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures. With more single-person homes, the typical household size has edged down to 2.3 people since 2011.
33.7% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Barcaldine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has risen since 2011.
13.4% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barcaldine, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Barcaldine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30410/barcaldine/topic/family-households