2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4480, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4480, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living on their own in postcode 4480 than a decade ago, with single-person households now making up 36.9% of the area. This shift has contributed to a smaller typical home size than the national figure. While many homes still house couples with children, the proportion of one-parent families has fallen sharply since 2011.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 4480, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4480, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Quilpie | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.9% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures.
36.9% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4480, QLD, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.0% of the area, which is well below the state and national figures. This is a significant drop from 2011, when they represented 16.5% of families.
9.0% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4480, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 4480, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4480/4480-qld/topic/family-households