2.3 —
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4426, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4426, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 4426 than in most other similar areas, a trend that has grown since 2016. This has pushed the typical home size down to 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures. It is a place where small households and couple-based families are most common.
2.3
—
- 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 4426, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4426, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Maranoa | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37.5% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This rise in single-person homes helps explain why the typical home now holds 2.3 people, slightly lower than the state average.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4426, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.1% of families, while couples without children account for 38.3%. One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure and has risen 3.3 percentage points since 2016.
12.3% —
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4426, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 4426, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4426/4426-qld/topic/family-households