2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of households in Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This is a region where single-person homes are common, though the typical household size remains steady at 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 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 Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa — higher than 57% of areas.
| Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone now make up 29% of households, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is higher than in most other areas. Two-person homes are the most common, accounting for 35.1% of the total.
29.0% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 54.5%. One-parent families are more common here than in most areas, accounting for 14.7% of families, which is a rise of 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
14.7% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Darling Downs (West) - Maranoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30701/darling-downs-maranoa/topic/family-households