2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4490, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4490, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in postcode 4490 live alone, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much lower number of people per household than most of the country.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 4490, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4490, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Paroo | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Single-person households are very common, making up 37.9% of the total and marking a significant increase over the last decade.
37.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4490, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.3% of the total, which is well above the Queensland and Australian averages. This proportion has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
22.3% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4490, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 4490, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4490/4490-qld/topic/family-households