3.4 ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3
- 2016: 3.9
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cherbourg · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Cherbourg
How families and households are made up across the area.
A gap of over 40 percentage points separates Cherbourg from the national figure for one-parent families. This is a place where households are typically much larger than average, though the number of people living alone has climbed recently.
3.4
▼ -20.9%
- 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 Cherbourg — higher than 96% of areas.
| Cherbourg | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home in Cherbourg is well above the national figure at 3.4, although this has fallen from 4.3 in 2011. While 17.9% of homes hold six or more people, those living alone rose to 22.5% over the last decade.
22.5% ▲ +66.9%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cherbourg splits fairly evenly between 1 person (23%) and 3 people (21%), with 6 or more at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 55.5% of the total, a figure far above the Queensland average and an increase of 21 points since 2011. Couples with children account for a further 34.3% of families.
55.5% ▲ +61.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cherbourg, One-parent families is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Cherbourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32330/cherbourg/topic/family-households