2.4 —
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Noosa · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Noosa
How families and households are made up across the area.
A smaller share of one-parent families than the national average marks the home life in Noosa. Most households are small, with nearly half of all homes containing two people. This stability is reflected in the family mix, where couples with or without children make up the vast majority of the area.
2.4
—
- 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 Noosa — lower than 57% of areas.
| Noosa | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 42.5%, while 24.4% of people live alone. With 2.4 people per home, Noosa is about the same as the Queensland and national figures and has seen almost no change since 2016.
24.4% —
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Noosa, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.3% of families, while 38.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.6% of the total, which is a little below the national figure and a drop of 1.9 percentage points since 2016.
12.6% —
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Noosa, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Noosa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35740/noosa/topic/family-households