3.9 ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aurukun · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Aurukun
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Aurukun are couples with children, making this the most common household type. This is a place of large households, where the typical home holds 3.9 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.9
▼ -22.0%
- 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 Aurukun — higher than 99% of areas.
| Aurukun | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest in the country, though the average size has fallen from 5.0 people in 2011 to 3.9 today. Only 16.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.5% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Aurukun splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (26%) and 3 people (21%), with 1 person at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.2% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high proportion has remained steady since 2011.
35.2% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aurukun, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (35%) and Couples without children (14%).
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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011395/aurukun/topic/family-households