2.3 —
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4489, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4489, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of residents in postcode 4489 live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the area has smaller homes on average than most other places. The typical home here holds just 2.3 people.
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 4489, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4489, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Paroo | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households make up 34.5% of the area, a figure that rose 7.8 percentage points since 2016. This is much higher than most areas and explains why the typical home size is a little below the Queensland figure of 2.5 people.
34.5% —
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4489, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families now make up 14.8% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure but represents a 15 point rise since 2016. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.
14.8% —
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4489, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 4489, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4489/4489-qld/topic/family-households