2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Cairns
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 18% of families in Cairns are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a diverse mix of home lives across the region, where nearly 28% of all households are people living on their own.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Cairns — lower than 71% of areas.
| Cairns | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Cairns has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Households with two people are the most common at 36.4%, while those with just one person have risen to 27.5% since 2011.
27.5% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families here are couples with children. Single-parent families make up 18% of the total, a proportion that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
18.0% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 92% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/306/cairns/topic/family-households