2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Outback - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Outback - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of single-parent families shape daily life in Outback - North. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, there is a notable trend of more people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Outback - North — higher than 71% of areas.
| Outback - North | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. This is a higher proportion than most areas, though the typical household size of 2.6 people is about the same as across Australia.
28.8% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Outback - North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the Queensland average of 15.4%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and has grown by 4 percentage points over the last decade.
19.5% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Outback - North, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Outback - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31502/outback-north/topic/family-households