2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alligator Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alligator Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Alligator Creek, where 60.1% of families are couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Alligator Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Alligator Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Alligator Creek are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 10.9%, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
10.9% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alligator Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 60.1% of the total. One-parent families are much less common here at 8.1%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.1% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alligator Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30040/alligator-creek/topic/family-households