2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paroo · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Paroo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Paroo, where 45.3% of families fall into this category. However, the area has a high number of people living alone, which means homes are generally smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Paroo — lower than 86% of areas.
| Paroo | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A little below the national figure of 2.5, there are typically 2.2 people per home in Paroo. This is among the highest levels in the country for people living alone, with 37.2% of households consisting of just one person.
37.2% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Paroo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (35%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, when it sat at 19.0%.
21.2% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paroo, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Paroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35800/paroo/topic/family-households