2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ayr · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ayr
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Ayr than in other similar areas. This trend means homes here are smaller than usual, with the typical household holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Ayr — lower than 76% of areas.
| Ayr | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4807, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.3% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%. Because of this, the typical home in Ayr has a little fewer people than the national figure of 2.5.
33.3% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ayr splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.8% of the local total, which is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 34.5% are couples without children.
16.8% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ayr, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30110/ayr/topic/family-households