2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4559, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4559, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are common in postcode 4559, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is higher than the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 4559, QLD — higher than 86% of areas.
| 4559, QLD | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of people here live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has barely changed since 2011, while the typical number of people per home has edged up slightly to 2.8.
20.0% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4559, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 11.1%, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
11.1% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4559, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 4559, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4559/4559-qld/topic/family-households