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.
Noosa · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Noosa
How families and households are made up across the area.
A mix of family sizes and a steady household structure shape daily life in Noosa. Half of the families here are couples with children, though the typical home size has remained almost unchanged since 2011. It is a place where two-person households are the most common arrangement.
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 Noosa — lower than 71% of areas.
| Noosa | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in about 41.6% of homes, making it the most frequent household size. With 2.4 people per home, Noosa is about the same as the state and national figures, and the number of people living alone has fallen slightly to 24.1%.
24.1% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Noosa, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.1% of families, while couples without children account for 36%. One-parent families make up 13.3%, which is a little below the Queensland figure and down 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
13.3% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Noosa, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Noosa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31605/noosa/topic/family-households