2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northern Highlands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Northern Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people in Northern Highlands now lives alone, reflecting a shift toward smaller households. While the typical home holds 2.4 people—similar to the national figure—there is a growing number of single-person dwellings in the area.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Northern Highlands — lower than 64% of areas.
| Northern Highlands | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4822, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.5% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the Queensland and national figures. This has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, and two-person households are also common at 34.1%.
32.5% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northern Highlands splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54.7%. One-parent families account for 11.6%, which is well below the state average and lower than most similar areas.
11.6% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Highlands, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Northern Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021407/northern-highlands/topic/family-households