2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4860, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4860, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in postcode 4860, accounting for 48.7% of families. This area has a high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. While typical household sizes are similar to the national figure, there has been a rise in single-person homes since 2011.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 4860, QLD — lower than 57% of areas.
| 4860, QLD | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Tablelands | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
31.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4860, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the total, which is much higher than most other areas. This proportion has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011 and sits well above the national average of 14.1%.
19.3% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4860, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without 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 4860, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4860/4860-qld/topic/family-households