1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4581, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4581, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in postcode 4581 are couples without children. This is a place where small households are the norm, with a high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 4581, QLD — lower than 95% of areas.
| 4581, QLD | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Fraser Coast | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37.6% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 1.9 people, among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 2.5.
37.6% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4581, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 55.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
11.6% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4581, QLD, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 4581, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4581/4581-qld/topic/family-households