2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boulia · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Boulia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living and one-parent homes define the family landscape in Boulia compared to most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, there is a striking contrast between these small households and the 9% of homes that house six or more people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Boulia — higher than 71% of areas.
| Boulia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 34% of people in Boulia live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6% that has risen since 2011. Despite this, the typical number of people per home is 2.5, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
34.0% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boulia, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. This proportion has jumped 12 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 48.6%.
25.0% ▲ +91.9%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boulia, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30900/boulia/topic/family-households