2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Basalt
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Basalt are couples with children, making this the most common family type. The area has a high number of people living alone and a very low rate of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Basalt — higher than 50% of areas.
| Basalt | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Basalt holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. However, 29.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average of 25.6%.
29.7% ▲ +44.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Basalt, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.2% of families, while those without children account for 42.9%. Only 4.0% are one-parent families, which is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.
4.0% ▲ +48.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Basalt, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30180/basalt/topic/family-households