2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4355, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4355, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in postcode 4355 live alone, a figure well above the national average. This has contributed to a trend of smaller households over the last decade. The area now sees fewer people per home than most other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 4355, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4355, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Toowoomba | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This lower number is linked to the 30.3% of residents living alone, a proportion that has risen since 2011.
30.3% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4355, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.6% of the area, which is much higher than in most similar places. This group has grown by 3.2 percentage points since 2011, while couples without children are the most common family type at 43%.
16.6% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →4355, QLD splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 4355, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4355/4355-qld/topic/family-households