3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4209, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4209, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in postcode 4209 than in most other areas, with 3.1 people living in the typical home. This trend has stayed steady since 2011 and helps explain why single-person households are very rare here compared to the rest of the country.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 4209, QLD — higher than 96% of areas.
| 4209, QLD | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 11.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This is one of the lowest rates for single-person homes in the region, with 30.8% of households containing two people.
11.6% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4209, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 61.5%.
18.3% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4209, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 4209, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4209/4209-qld/topic/family-households