2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockhampton - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rockhampton - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Rockhampton - West than a decade ago, with the share of single-person households rising to 32.4%. This shift has contributed to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state. The area also sees a much higher proportion of one-parent families than the national average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Rockhampton - West — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rockhampton - West | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4700, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A little fewer than the usual 2.5 people live in each home here, and this number has edged down since 2011. This is partly because people living alone make up 32.4% of households, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
32.4% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rockhampton - West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.1% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average and among the highest for similar areas. This proportion has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
22.1% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockhampton - West, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Rockhampton - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031216/rockhampton-west/topic/family-households