2.5 —
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Cairns
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, 18.5% of families in Cairns are headed by one parent. This stands out as the most striking family characteristic for the city, where single-parent homes are much more common than in most similar areas. Overall, the typical household structure remains steady and mirrors the state and national patterns.
2.5
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- 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 Cairns — higher than 71% of areas.
| Cairns | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cairns typically hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. While 35% of households have two people, those living alone make up 27% of the total, a figure that rose slightly since 2016.
27.0% —
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 52.5%. The proportion of one-parent families is well above the Queensland (15.4%) and Australian (14.1%) figures, and this high rate has remained steady since 2016.
18.5% —
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32080/cairns/topic/family-households