Antigua · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Antigua

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Antigua are couples without children, making this the most common family type in the area. It is a place where households are generally smaller than the national figure, with fewer people living alone and a low number of single-parent homes.

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📍 Antigua, Suburb / Locality

Where Antigua sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -11.5%
  • 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 Antigua — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Antigua2.3
4650, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person households are the most common at 42.6%, which helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures. Only 20.4% of people live alone, a rate well below the national average.

2.3 ▼ -11.5%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.4% ▼ -7.3%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.0%
  • 2016: 19.6%
  • 2021: 20.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Antigua, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 46.0% of families, while those without children account for 49.0%. One-parent families represent just 8.0% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.

8.0% ▼ -26.5%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Antigua splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Antigua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30067/antigua/topic/family-households