2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hervey Bay · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Hervey Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Hervey Bay, where a typical home holds just 2.3 people. This is a little below the national and state figures, reflecting a community where nearly 27% of residents live alone.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Hervey Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hervey Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common, making up 43.0% of all households. The proportion of people living alone has risen to 26.7%, which is a little above the Australian figure of 25.6%.
26.7% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hervey Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the population, a figure that is well above the national average and much higher than in most similar areas. Other family types include couples with children (41.9%) and couples without children (39.4%).
17.7% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Hervey Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31904/hervey-bay/topic/family-households