2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4421, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4421, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are common in postcode 4421, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is much lower than most areas and reflects a growing trend of people living by themselves. While many homes are small, there is a notably high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 4421, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4421, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Western Downs | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in Queensland or Australia, with 35.8% of households consisting of one person. This has risen since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home size is lower than the national figure.
35.8% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4421, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 24.4% of families in the area, a figure that is well above the state average and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the largest group at 40%, followed by couples without children at 32.9%.
24.4% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4421, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 4421, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4421/4421-qld/topic/family-households