2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4678, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4678, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just over half of all homes in postcode 4678 house only two people. This area has a lower number of people per home than most other areas, which is consistent with the fact that a large portion of the population live as couples without children.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 4678, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4678, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Gladstone | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Those living alone make up 22.6% of households, a rate that has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
22.6% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4678, QLD, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 46.9%. One-parent families make up 11.4% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.4% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4678, QLD, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (40%) 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 4678, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4678/4678-qld/topic/family-households