2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ayr · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ayr
How families and households are made up across the area.
Ayr has a much higher proportion of people living alone than most similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is now smaller than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Ayr — lower than 86% of areas.
| Ayr | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4807, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.8% of people in Ayr live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home here has just 2.2 people, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average.
32.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ayr splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families in Ayr are couples with children, followed by 34.4% who are couples without children. One-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
16.2% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ayr, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011460/ayr/topic/family-households