1.8 ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4891, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4891, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in postcode 4891 are now run by people living alone, a sharp increase from 2011. This shift has left the area with far fewer people per home than the national figure. It is now a place where small households and single-parent families are more common than in most other areas.
1.8
▼ -14.3%
- 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 4891, QLD — lower than 99% of areas.
| 4891, QLD | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Carpentaria | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in postcode 4891 holds just 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 45.8% of people living alone, a figure that has risen by 10 points since 2011 and is far above the Queensland average.
45.8% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4891, QLD, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (39%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 15.7% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas and has risen by 8 points since 2011. Most families here are couples without children, who account for 57.5% of the total.
15.7% ▲ +103.7%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4891, QLD, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
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 4891, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4891/4891-qld/topic/family-households