2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Point Vernon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Point Vernon
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in five families in Point Vernon are headed by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. The area is mostly made up of smaller households, with a typical home holding 2.3 people. This is a little below the usual figures for both Queensland and Australia.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Point Vernon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Point Vernon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Smaller homes are common here, as 45.4% of households have just two people. The number of people living alone has risen to 26.1% since 2011, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
26.1% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Point Vernon, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.0% of the total, which is much higher than in most other areas. Other family types are also common, with couples without children accounting for 40.0% of the mix.
20.0% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Point Vernon splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Point Vernon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319041519/point-vernon/topic/family-households