2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Weipa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Weipa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Home sizes in Weipa have edged up since 2011, with people per home now reaching 2.9. This is much higher than most areas, reflecting a community where large family groups are common and people living alone are far less frequent than in the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Weipa — higher than 86% of areas.
| Weipa | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4874, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Weipa are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. Only 19.5% of households consist of one person, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.5% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Weipa, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 68% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.1%, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
9.1% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Weipa, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Weipa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011403/weipa/topic/family-households