2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Queensland - Outback · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Queensland - Outback
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of single-parent families marks the Queensland - Outback region, where 20.3% of families fit this description. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While households here are generally larger than in most areas, there is also a growing number of people living on their own.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Queensland - Outback — higher than 71% of areas.
| Queensland - Outback | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the state and national figures.
29.2% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Queensland - Outback splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the total, placing the region among the highest for this group and well above the national rate. This is a growing trend, with the figure rising 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
20.3% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Queensland - Outback, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Queensland - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/315/queensland-outback/topic/family-households