2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitsunday · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Whitsunday
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Whitsunday is shaped by a mix of small households and traditional family units. About 2.4 people live in the typical home, a figure that has stayed steady for a decade. While couples with children make up over half of all families, there is a growing number of residents living on their own.
2.4
→ 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 Whitsunday — lower than 71% of areas.
| Whitsunday | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 38%, while those living alone make up 26%. This last group has grown by 2.5 percentage points since 2011 and is now slightly above the Queensland figure.
26.0% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitsunday, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here consist of couples with children, though one-parent families make up 13.8%. This is a little below the Queensland average, despite the number rising slightly since 2011.
13.8% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitsunday, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31203/whitsunday/topic/family-households