2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexandra Headland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alexandra Headland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most similar areas define Alexandra Headland, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a local landscape where small households and people living alone are very common.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Alexandra Headland — lower than 81% of areas.
| Alexandra Headland | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4572, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of residents (33.6%) live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why households are smaller here than in most other areas.
33.6% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alexandra Headland, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families, with 44.1% having children and 43.2% without. One-parent families account for 12.0% of the total, which is well below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
12.0% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Alexandra Headland splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Alexandra Headland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30030/alexandra-headland/topic/family-households