2.0 —
Lower than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4491, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4491, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in postcode 4491 than in most similar areas. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone and a small number of one-parent families, making the typical household much smaller than the national average.
2.0
—
- 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 4491, QLD — lower than 90% of areas.
| 4491, QLD | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Paroo | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are small, with only 2.0 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. Half of all households contain just two people, while 31.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
31.8% —
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4491, QLD, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 36%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family sizes are notably small, as one-parent families make up only 6.5% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families consist of couples, with 59.7% having no children.
6.5% —
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4491, QLD, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 4491, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4491/4491-qld/topic/family-households