2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4861, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4861, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in postcode 4861 compared to the rest of the state and country. This trend helps explain why the typical home here holds only 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 4861, QLD — lower than 71% of areas.
| 4861, QLD | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Cairns | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.8% of all households.
31.2% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4861, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up half of all families here, at 50.9%. One-parent families account for 15.1% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure and down 5.2 points since 2011.
15.1% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4861, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 4861, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4861/4861-qld/topic/family-households