2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ingham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in three people live alone in Ingham, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This trend has pushed the typical home size down to 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures. It is a place where small households and single-parent families are more common than usual.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Ingham — lower than 89% of areas.
| Ingham | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4850, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 36.7% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This has led to smaller households overall; the typical home now holds 2.1 people, down from 2.3 in 2011.
36.7% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ingham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has risen by 3.3 points since 2011, while couples with children account for 43.3% of families.
19.1% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ingham, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Ingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318011464/ingham/topic/family-households