4.2 ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1
- 2016: 4.5
- 2021: 4.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doomadgee · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Doomadgee
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher number of people share a home in Doomadgee than in the rest of the country. With a typical household size of 4.2 people, the area sees much larger living arrangements than the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high proportion of large families and very few people living on their own.
4.2
▼ -17.6%
- 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 Doomadgee — higher than 99% of areas.
| Doomadgee | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest in the region, with 28.8% housing six or more people. While the typical home size has fallen from 5.1 people in 2011, the 12.6% of people living alone is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.6% ▲ +58.3%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Doomadgee, the largest group is 6 or more at 29%, followed by 2 people (18%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.8% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is one of the highest proportions in the country and has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
24.8% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doomadgee, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families 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 Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32770/doomadgee/topic/family-households