2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Weipa · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Weipa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone shape daily life in Weipa. The area is dominated by family groups, with a typical home holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Weipa — higher than 89% of areas.
| Weipa | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 20% of people live alone, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures. Most homes are larger than usual, with 31.1% holding two people and 19.3% holding four.
19.5% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Weipa, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68% of families here. This is reflected in the low number of one-parent families, at 9.1%, which is well below the national and state figures.
9.1% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Weipa, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37300/weipa/topic/family-households