2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 30% of people in Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham live alone, which is well above the national figure. This trend has pushed the typical household size down to 2.3 people, making it lower than most other areas.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham — lower than 86% of areas.
| Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of the population lives alone, a figure that rose 4.6 points since 2011. This high proportion of single-person homes helps explain why the area has fewer people per home than the Queensland average.
30.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the area, which is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
16.4% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31801/charters-towers-ayr-ingham/topic/family-households