2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Baralaba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Baralaba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Baralaba than in most similar areas, with over a third of all homes housing just one person. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size of 2.1 people, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Baralaba — lower than 81% of areas.
| Baralaba | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.6% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This explains why homes here are smaller than most, with 43.3% of households containing two people and only 7.5% holding four.
36.6% ▲ +51.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Baralaba, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (39%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.3% of the community, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 47.8% having children and 46.3% without.
6.3% ▲ +53.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Baralaba splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Baralaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30151/baralaba/topic/family-households