2.9 ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arcturus · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arcturus
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families makes Arcturus a very unusual place for family life. Most homes here are large, with the typical household containing nearly three people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.9
▲ +7.4%
- 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 Arcturus — higher than 81% of areas.
| Arcturus | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4722, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Arcturus are larger than most, with 2.9 people per home. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
20.9% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arcturus, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 74% of families here. The total lack of one-parent families is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arcturus, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Arcturus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30082/arcturus/topic/family-households