2.2 —
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4736, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4736, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 44% of homes in postcode 4736 are occupied by just one person, making it an area with a very high proportion of single-person households. This trend helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2
—
- 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 4736, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4736, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Barcoo | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are among the highest at this level, though they fell from 51% in 2016 to 44% in 2021. While 44% of homes house one person, 40% hold two people, and only 12% have three residents.
44.0% —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4736, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 41.9%, followed by couples without children at 33.8%. One-parent families account for 12.2% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure and fell by 4.2 points since 2016.
12.2% —
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4736, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 4736, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4736/4736-qld/topic/family-households