2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shoal Point - Bucasia · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Shoal Point - Bucasia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Shoal Point - Bucasia than in most other Australian areas. This community is shaped by larger households, with the typical home holding 2.8 people. It is a family-heavy area where nearly 60% of households consist of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Shoal Point - Bucasia — higher than 79% of areas.
| Shoal Point - Bucasia | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4750, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 18.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the Queensland average of 24.7%.
18.5% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shoal Point - Bucasia, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the area, which is higher than most similar places and has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 59.7% of the total.
15.3% ▲ +37.8%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shoal Point - Bucasia, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Shoal Point - Bucasia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021354/shoal-point-bucasia/topic/family-households