2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4726, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4726, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people live alone in postcode 4726, a figure far above the national average. This creates a unique living landscape where single-person households are common, and the typical home holds fewer people than those in most other areas.
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 4726, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4726, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Barcaldine | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 37.9% of households consisting of one person, a figure that has risen 8.5 percentage points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
37.9% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4726, QLD, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the area, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen 3.1 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 52.9%.
18.0% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4726, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 4726, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4726/4726-qld/topic/family-households