2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Cairns - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home have been recorded in Cairns - North since 2011, with the typical household now averaging 2.5 people. The area is mostly made up of families, with over half of all homes containing couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Cairns - North — higher than 57% of areas.
| Cairns - North | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 22.4% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes contain two people (37.1%), and the number of people living alone has risen slightly since 2011.
22.4% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns - North, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 55.6%. One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
14.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns - North, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Cairns - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30601/cairns-north/topic/family-households