2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4802, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4802, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller than usual homes define postcode 4802, where a typical household has just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure, reflecting a local trend where smaller living arrangements are more common than in most other areas.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 4802, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4802, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Whitsunday | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people make up the most common household size at 38.4%. Around 27.9% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure and has risen since 2011.
27.9% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4802, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families here are couples with children, while 34.7% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and slightly above the national average.
15.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4802, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 4802, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4802/4802-qld/topic/family-households