2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4887, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4887, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of people living alone than the national average marks the living patterns in postcode 4887. While 34.5% of residents live by themselves, the typical home here holds just 2.2 people, which is lower than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.2
→ 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 4887, QLD — lower than 79% of areas.
| 4887, QLD | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Mareeba | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common, with 34.5% of people living alone—a figure that rose slightly since 2011 and is well above the national average. This helps explain why the usual household size of 2.2 people is much lower than in most other areas.
34.5% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4887, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure, though this proportion fell by 2.2 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.9%.
17.2% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4887, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 4887, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4887/4887-qld/topic/family-households