3.4 ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pormpuraaw · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Pormpuraaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Pormpuraaw are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is defined by large households and a very low number of people living alone. This creates a domestic landscape that differs sharply from the state and national norms.
3.4
▼ -2.9%
- 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 Pormpuraaw — higher than 96% of areas.
| Pormpuraaw | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Pormpuraaw are much larger than usual, with 3.4 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 across Australia. Very few people live alone here—only 13.7%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
13.7% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 6 or more (15%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.3% of the total, a figure far above the Queensland average of 15.4%. This proportion has risen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
29.3% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (16%).
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36070/pormpuraaw/topic/family-households