3.3 ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Badu Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Badu Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families on Badu Island are couples with children. This creates a community where homes are much larger than the national norm, with far fewer people living on their own.
3.3
▼ -13.2%
- 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 Badu Island — higher than 91% of areas.
| Badu Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living arrangements on Badu Island are often crowded, with 3.3 people per home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 14.1% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.1% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Badu Island, the largest group is 2 people at 26%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 31.3% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is one of the highest proportions found among similar areas.
31.3% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Badu Island, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30113/badu-island/topic/family-households