2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4472, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4472, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in postcode 4472 are occupied by people living alone. This high number of single-person households means the area is much less crowded than most, with small home sizes being the norm here.
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 4472, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4472, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Blackall Tambo | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
32.9% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4472, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.9% of families, while 12.4% are one-parent families. This last group is a little below the Queensland figure, though the proportion has grown slightly over the last decade.
12.4% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →4472, QLD splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 4472, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4472/4472-qld/topic/family-households