2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bowen Basin - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Bowen Basin - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 59% of families in Bowen Basin - North are couples with children, making family units a central part of the area. While the typical household size is about 2.5 people, there has been a steady increase in the number of people living alone over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Bowen Basin - North — higher than 57% of areas.
| Bowen Basin - North | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. A little more than a quarter of residents live alone, a figure that has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
27.5% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bowen Basin - North, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.2% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This proportion has risen by 3 percentage points since 2011, though it remains lower than most similar areas.
12.2% ▲ +32.6%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bowen Basin - North, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Bowen Basin - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31201/bowen-basin-north/topic/family-households