2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4725, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4725, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 4725 than in most similar areas. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a smaller typical household size of 2.2 people. While nearly half of families here include children, the overall number of people sharing a home is lower than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 4725, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4725, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Barcaldine | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home here holds only 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
34.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4725, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.1% of families, while one-parent families account for 14.1%. This last group is more common here than in most similar areas, and the proportion has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4725, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (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 4725, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4725/4725-qld/topic/family-households