2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cassowary Coast · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Cassowary Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Cassowary Coast live on their own, making single-person households a common sight here. This is well above the national figure, contributing to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which has fallen since 2011.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Cassowary Coast — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cassowary Coast | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people live alone, a figure that has risen 3.5 percentage points over the last decade. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 38.9% of all households.
29.2% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cassowary Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.8% of families, while one-parent families account for 16.2%. This last group is more common here than in most other areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cassowary Coast, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Cassowary Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32260/cassowary-coast/topic/family-households