2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Douglas - Daintree · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Port Douglas - Daintree
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Port Douglas - Daintree live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This preference for smaller living arrangements shapes the region, where homes are typically smaller than in other parts of the country.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Port Douglas - Daintree — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Douglas - Daintree | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 29.4% of residents live alone, while 41.6% of households consist of two people.
29.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Douglas - Daintree, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.5% of families, while couples without children account for 39.6%. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, which is about the same as the Australian average.
13.6% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Douglas - Daintree, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Port Douglas - Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30604/port-douglas-daintree/topic/family-households