1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4849, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4849, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than two people live in the typical home in postcode 4849, making it an area with very small households. This trend has grown over the last decade, as more people now live alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 4849, QLD — lower than 95% of areas.
| 4849, QLD | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Cassowary Coast | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 39% of residents live by themselves, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, the usual household size of 1.9 people is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
38.6% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4849, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (38%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the area, which is much higher than most other places and rose 6.4 points since 2011. Half of all families here are couples without children.
19.1% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4849, QLD, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 4849, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4849/4849-qld/topic/family-households