2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4799, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4799, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone is a key feature of postcode 4799, where this figure rose by 8.1 percentage points since 2011. The area has a mix of family types, with 47.1% of families being couples with children. Most homes here house between one and two people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 4799, QLD — lower than 57% of areas.
| 4799, QLD | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Mackay | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in 4799 holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Single-person households now make up 26.9% of the area, a figure slightly above the Australian average of 25.6%.
26.9% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4799, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.8% of the total, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a notable drop from 2011, when the share of one-parent families was 15.8%.
10.8% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →4799, QLD splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 4799, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4799/4799-qld/topic/family-households