2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4724, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4724, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone, reaching 30%, defines the household landscape of postcode 4724. This figure is well above the national average, reflecting a trend of increasing solo living in the area. Most homes are small, though the typical household size remains consistent with the rest of Australia.
2.5
→ 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 4724, QLD — higher than 57% of areas.
| 4724, QLD | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Barcaldine | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Queensland and national averages. Two-person households are the most common at 34%, while the typical home holds 2.5 people.
30.0% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4724, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.7% of families here, while one-parent families are much less common than in most areas at 11.1%. This last figure is well below the national average, despite rising 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
11.1% ▲ +127.5%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4724, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 4724, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4724/4724-qld/topic/family-households