3.5 ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torres Strait Island · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Torres Strait Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Torres Strait Island than in 2011, yet the area still has some of the largest households in the country. It is a place where typical homes are crowded, with an average of 3.5 people per dwelling.
3.5
▼ -5.4%
- 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 Torres Strait Island — higher than 97% of areas.
| Torres Strait Island | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, though this has edged down since 2011. Only 21.2% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.2% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Torres Strait Island splits fairly evenly between 1 person (21%) and 2 people (21%), with 6 or more at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. Most families are couples with children, who account for 55.6% of the total.
33.3% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Torres Strait Island, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 33%.
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 Torres Strait Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36960/torres-strait-island/topic/family-households