3.6 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in three families in Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw are led by a single parent, a rate far above the national average. This is an area where homes are typically much larger than across the rest of the country. Most dwellings house multiple people, with very few residents living on their own.
3.6
▼ -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 Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw — higher than 99% of areas.
| Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are crowded, with 3.6 people per house, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the fact that 20.1% of households contain six or more people, while only 15.6% of residents live alone.
15.6% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw, the largest group is 2 people at 26%, followed by 6 or more (20%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.1% of the total, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 15.4% and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 45.1% of households.
35.1% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, 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 Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011398/kowanyama-pormpuraaw/topic/family-households