2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4756, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4756, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in postcode 4756 than they were in 2011, contributing to a trend of smaller households. This area has a high proportion of single-person homes, with 32.9% of all households consisting of just one person.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 4756, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4756, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Mackay | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and lower than most areas. This decline since 2011 is driven by a rise in people living alone, a group that now makes up 32.9% of all households.
32.9% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4756, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 54.8%. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, a figure that has risen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4756, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 4756, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4756/4756-qld/topic/family-households