2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Cairns - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Cairns - South, a figure well above the national average. This is a diverse residential area where one-parent families are also much more common than in most other parts of the country.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 - South — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cairns - South | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home has 2.4 people, the number of people living alone has risen to 29.6%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33.6% of the total.
29.6% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cairns - South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.0% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This high proportion has remained steady since 2011, while couples with children account for 50.6% of families.
21.0% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns - South, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30602/cairns-south/topic/family-households