3.9 ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aurukun · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Aurukun
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large household sizes define the living arrangements in Aurukun, where the typical home holds nearly four people. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community where few people live alone and many families are quite large.
3.9
▼ -22.0%
- 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 Aurukun — higher than 99% of areas.
| Aurukun | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.9 people per home, Aurukun has some of the highest household sizes in the country. Only 16.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Over a quarter of all households consist of six or more people.
16.5% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Aurukun splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (26%) and 3 people (21%), with 1 person at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.2% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.9%, while couples without children account for 13.7%.
35.2% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aurukun, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (35%) and Couples without children (14%).
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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30104/aurukun/topic/family-households