2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Central Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define the Central Highlands, where an average of 2.6 people live in each home. While the number of people per home has edged down since 2011, the region remains a place where family living is common.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Central Highlands — higher than 79% of areas.
| Central Highlands | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.6% of people here live alone, which is lower than in most similar areas. This is despite a trend where the number of single-person households rose by 6.0 percentage points since 2011.
25.6% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Central Highlands, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the region at 61.7%. One-parent families account for 12.1%, a figure that is well below the Queensland average and lower than most similar areas.
12.1% ▲ +52.3%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Central Highlands, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32270/central-highlands/topic/family-households