2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Queanbeyan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Queanbeyan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Queanbeyan compared to the rest of the country. This creates a distinct housing pattern where homes are smaller and hold fewer people than the national average.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Queanbeyan — lower than 86% of areas.
| Queanbeyan | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 2620 crosses NSW/ACT | 2.5 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 44.1% of households are people living alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
44.1% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Queanbeyan, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 16.9% of the total. This proportion is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.9% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Queanbeyan, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; 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 Queanbeyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13304/queanbeyan/topic/family-households