2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Avoca
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Avoca live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas, with 2.3 people per home.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Avoca — lower than 71% of areas.
| Avoca | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are common here, making up 30.2% of the total. This is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%, while two-person homes are the most frequent at 39.8%.
30.2% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Avoca, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Other families include couples with children at 44.4% and couples without children at 36.8%.
17.7% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Avoca, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30107/avoca/topic/family-households