3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alice River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alice River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Alice River than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused place where the typical household is large and very few people live on their own.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Alice River — higher than 88% of areas.
| Alice River | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4817, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 8.1% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
8.1% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alice River, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.9%. One-parent families account for 9.1% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
9.1% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alice River, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30034/alice-river/topic/family-households