2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Granite Belt · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Granite Belt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figure, 28.7% of people in the Granite Belt live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than most other parts of the country. Overall, the typical home here is smaller and more likely to be occupied by one or two people.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Granite Belt — lower than 86% of areas.
| Granite Belt | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend has continued since 2011, while the proportion of people living alone rose to 28.7%, a figure well above the Queensland average.
28.7% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Granite Belt, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.7% of families here, though one-parent families are slightly more common than the Australian average at 15.3%.
15.3% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Granite Belt, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Granite Belt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30703/granite-belt/topic/family-households