2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Central Queensland · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Central Queensland
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of one-parent families marks Central Queensland as different from the national average. While typical home sizes mirror state and national patterns, there has been a steady climb in the number of people living alone since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Central Queensland — higher than 57% of areas.
| Central Queensland | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here have two people (35.1%), though the typical size is 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. More people are living alone than in 2011, with this group now making up 26.0% of households.
26.0% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 56% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Central Queensland, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the population, which is a little above the national figure and higher than most similar areas. This has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 55.1%.
16.1% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Central Queensland, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Central Queensland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/308/central-queensland/topic/family-households