2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4828, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4828, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in one-parent families in postcode 4828 than in most other similar areas. While the typical household size matches the national figure of 2.5 people, the area has a distinctive mix of many single-person homes and a high proportion of single parents.
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 4828, QLD — higher than 57% of areas.
| 4828, QLD | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Mount Isa | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This is a decrease from 2011, when more than 38% of people lived by themselves.
30.4% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4828, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.6% of the area, a figure far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is among the highest levels seen in similar areas, though it has fallen by 16 points since 2011.
34.6% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →4828, QLD splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (33%), with Couples without children at 30%.
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 4828, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4828/4828-qld/topic/family-households