3.4 ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bamaga · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bamaga
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Bamaga are couples with children, making it an area defined by large family groups. It is a place where very few people live alone and typical households are much larger than those found across the rest of the country.
3.4
▼ -8.1%
- 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 Bamaga — higher than 93% of areas.
| Bamaga | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4876, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 3.4 people live in each home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 18.4% of people live alone, a rate well below both the state and national averages.
18.4% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Bamaga — 2 people leads at 25%, ahead of 1 person (18%) and 6 or more (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 30.7% of families, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples with children, who make up 57% of the total.
30.7% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bamaga, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30135/bamaga/topic/family-households