2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4821, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4821, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in postcode 4821 compared to the rest of the country. This trend has pushed the typical household size down to 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure. It is an area where small households are now the norm.
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 4821, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4821, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Flinders | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why homes here are smaller than usual, with 35.8% of households consisting of just two people.
34.0% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4821, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, though one-parent families now make up 14% of the total. This proportion of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas and has grown since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4821, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 4821, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4821/4821-qld/topic/family-households