2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Diamantina · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Diamantina
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Diamantina than in other parts of the country. This contributes to a smaller typical household size, with just 2.1 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Diamantina — lower than 90% of areas.
| Diamantina | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of people live alone, which is well above the Australian average. This trend has dipped slightly since 2011, though the typical home here remains smaller than those in most other areas.
35.4% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Diamantina, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16% of the total, a figure that has risen by 9.1 points since 2011. Almost half of all families are couples without children, while 37% are couples with children.
16.0% ▲ +131.5%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Diamantina, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Diamantina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32750/diamantina/topic/family-households