2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roma · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Roma
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people are living alone in Roma, with 31.7% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift has contributed to a slight drop in the typical number of people sharing a home. While most homes still house families, the community is seeing a notable increase in single-person living.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Roma — lower than 64% of areas.
| Roma | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4455, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.7% of people in Roma live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and rose by 8.6 points since 2011. With this trend, the typical number of people per home has edged down to 2.4.
31.7% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Roma splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 56.6%. One-parent families account for 16.2% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and rose 3.5 points since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roma, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without 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 Roma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011176/roma/topic/family-households