2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitsunday · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Whitsunday
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Whitsunday consist of couples with children. This is the dominant family type in the region, creating a community where family-based living is the norm. Most homes are small to medium sized, typically housing two or three people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Whitsunday — lower than 57% of areas.
| Whitsunday | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 37.6%, while 27.5% of people live alone. This last group has grown since 2011 and is now a little above the national figure. On average, 2.4 people live in each home, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
27.5% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitsunday, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families, followed by couples without children at 33.4%. One-parent families account for 14.0%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitsunday, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children 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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37340/whitsunday/topic/family-households