2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charters Towers · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Charters Towers
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Charters Towers live alone, which is well above the national figure. This creates a distinct social landscape where single-person households are far more common than in most other similar areas.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Charters Towers — lower than 57% of areas.
| Charters Towers | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Queensland and Australia. However, the number of people living alone has risen to 30.3% since 2011, making it higher than in most areas.
30.3% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Charters Towers, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. This has grown by 3.3 percentage points over the last decade.
18.8% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charters Towers, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32310/charters-towers/topic/family-households