1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Townsville City - North Ward · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Townsville City - North Ward
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Townsville City - North Ward than in most similar areas. This creates a landscape of small households, with a typical home containing just 1.9 people. It is an area where single-person living is now the most common arrangement.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Townsville City - North Ward — lower than 96% of areas.
| Townsville City - North Ward | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4810, QLD | 2.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 43.1% of people live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the 1.9 people per home is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
43.1% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Townsville City - North Ward, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 44.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.0% of the total, which is lower than most areas and well below the state average.
12.0% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Townsville City - North Ward splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Townsville City - North Ward [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021490/townsville-city-north-ward/topic/family-households