2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4486, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4486, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 4486 than in most similar areas. This shift towards smaller households means the typical home now holds only 2.2 people, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
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 4486, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4486, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Balonne | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.8% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has climbed by 9 percentage points since 2011 and helps explain why the usual household size is a little below the Queensland average.
36.8% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4486, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.6% of families, while those without children account for 36.6%. One-parent families make up 12.6% of the total, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
12.6% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4486, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (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 4486, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4486/4486-qld/topic/family-households