2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4470, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4470, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in postcode 4470 compared to the rest of the country. This trend has seen the area move toward smaller households, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 4470, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4470, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Murweh | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36% of residents live by themselves, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This rise in single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size has fallen from 2.5 to 2.2 people since 2011.
36.0% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4470, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the area, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This is part of a growing trend, as the share of single-parent families rose by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
16.8% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4470, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 4470, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4470/4470-qld/topic/family-households