2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockhampton City · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rockhampton City
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Rockhampton City than in other parts of the state, with 40.9% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much lower density of people per home than the national average.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Rockhampton City — lower than 89% of areas.
| Rockhampton City | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4700, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here have 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, a trend that has risen to 40.9% since 2011.
40.9% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockhampton City, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.2% of the total, which is far above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This proportion of single-parent homes has risen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
34.2% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rockhampton City splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (34%), with Couples without children at 27%.
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 City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031217/rockhampton-city/topic/family-households