2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Far North · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Far North
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Far North than in 2011, though homes remain larger than in most other areas. This region is marked by a high number of one-parent families, with 24% of families fitting this description. Overall, the Far North has a distinct mix of large households and a growing number of single-person homes.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Far North — higher than 89% of areas.
| Far North | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. While 28.2% of households have two people, the proportion of those living alone has risen to 25.8% since 2011.
25.8% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Far North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and has risen since 2011. This group is a significant part of the local family mix, alongside couples with children who make up 54.1%.
24.0% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Far North, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Far North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31501/far-north/topic/family-households