2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4677, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4677, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in postcode 4677 than there were a decade ago. This shift is partly because the number of people living alone has risen to 27.5%, which is now a little above the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 4677, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4677, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Gladstone | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in the area holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.5. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, while 27.5% are single-person homes.
27.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4677, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 11.2% of the area, a figure that is well below the Queensland average and has fallen 3.5 points since 2011. Most families here are couples, with 46.7% having children and 41.2% without.
11.2% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4677, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 4677, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4677/4677-qld/topic/family-households