2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Western Downs · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Western Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Western Downs are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the region. While the typical household size is about the same as the national figure, the area has a higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar places.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Western Downs — higher than 71% of areas.
| Western Downs | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Western Downs holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas, though this has edged down since 2011. About 27.2% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen slightly over the last decade.
27.2% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Western Downs, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and up 4.2 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
16.3% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Western Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Western Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37310/western-downs/topic/family-households