2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan
How families and households are made up across the area.
One in three people live alone in Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, making it an area with far more single-person households than most similar places. This high number of solo residents means homes here are typically smaller, with just 2.2 people per household.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan — lower than 86% of areas.
| Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes are smaller than the national figure of 2.5 people, and this trend has edged down since 2011. About 33.3% of residents live alone—a figure well above the Queensland average—while two-person households are the most common at 40.1%.
33.3% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.7% of the area, which is well above both the state and national figures. While this number fell slightly since 2011, the community is split almost evenly between couples with children (39.2%) and couples without (38.9%).
20.7% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319041520/torquay-scarness-kawungan/topic/family-households