2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4886, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4886, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the household landscape in postcode 4886 since 2011. This trend has left the area with smaller households than most, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 4886, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4886, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Tablelands | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes have risen to 31.7%, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why households are smaller here than in most areas, with 42.6% of homes housing two people.
31.7% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4886, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.8%. Meanwhile, the share of one-parent families has fallen 8.1 percentage points since 2011 to 12.4%, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
12.4% ▼ -39.6%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4886, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 4886, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4886/4886-qld/topic/family-households