2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Douglas · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Port Douglas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Port Douglas are couples without children, reflecting a community with fewer large households. The area has a small typical home size of 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other similar areas.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Port Douglas — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Douglas | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4877, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 44.4%, and people living alone make up 28.8% of the population. This last figure is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
28.8% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Douglas, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.7% of families, while one-parent families account for only 9.6%. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and has fallen since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Port Douglas splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (47%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Port Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306041165/port-douglas/topic/family-households