2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4824, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4824, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in postcode 4824 since 2011, as the number of single-person households rose by 4.4 percentage points. This shift happens alongside a slight drop in the usual number of people per home to 2.5. The area now sees a notable rise in one-parent families compared to a decade ago.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 4824, QLD — higher than 57% of areas.
| 4824, QLD | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Cloncurry | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While this is higher than most areas, the typical home still holds 2.5 people, matching the state and national averages.
31.7% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4824, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the area, a figure that is much higher than most similar places. This is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia and has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
16.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4824, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 4824, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4824/4824-qld/topic/family-households