3.5 ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 3.8
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northern Peninsula · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Northern Peninsula
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families have become more common in Northern Peninsula, rising 4.6 percentage points since 2011. This area is known for very large households, with a typical home holding 3.5 people, which is well above the national figure.
3.5
▼ -2.8%
- 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 Northern Peninsula — higher than 99% of areas.
| Northern Peninsula | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 4876, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with the typical household holding 3.5 people. This helps explain why only 20.4% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
20.4% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northern Peninsula splits fairly evenly between 1 person (20%) and 2 people (20%), with 6 or more at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 32.3% of the total, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. More than half of all families here are couples with children, at 56%.
32.3% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Peninsula, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 33%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Northern Peninsula
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Northern Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011399/northern-peninsula/topic/family-households