2.3 ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4694, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4694, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three in ten people live alone in postcode 4694, a figure well above the national average. This trend has grown quickly since 2011, contributing to a shift toward smaller households. Most homes here now house only one or two people.
2.3
▼ -30.3%
- 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 4694, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4694, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Gladstone | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and lower than most areas. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when the usual home held 3.3 people.
30.0% ▲ +177.5%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4694, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 43%, followed closely by couples with children at 40.5%. One-parent families account for 13.9%, which is about the same as the Australian average.
13.9% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →4694, QLD splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 4694, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4694/4694-qld/topic/family-households