2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charters Towers · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Charters Towers
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group of families in Charters Towers, representing 43.5% of the total. While family life is common, the area has a high number of people living alone and more one-parent families than most other parts of the country.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Charters Towers — lower than 71% of areas.
| Charters Towers | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Charters Towers holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. This trend is driven by a rise in people living alone, who now make up 32.7% of households—a figure well above the state and national averages.
32.7% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Charters Towers splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 23% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011, placing Charters Towers among the highest for this family type.
23.0% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charters Towers, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011462/charters-towers/topic/family-households