3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4890, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4890, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in postcode 4890 than in the rest of the state. This area has a high rate of larger households, with 3.0 people typically living in each home. These figures mark a significant shift from previous years as the local family structure changes.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 4890, QLD — higher than 93% of areas.
| 4890, QLD | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Carpentaria | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure, with an average of 3.0 people per dwelling. This is among the highest rates for similar areas, while the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 23.5%.
23.5% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4890, QLD splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (23%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.4% of the total, which is far above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This is a major increase from 2011, when one-parent families accounted for only 18% of the local population.
33.4% ▲ +86.1%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4890, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by One-parent families (34%) and Couples without children (18%).
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 4890, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4890/4890-qld/topic/family-households