Bedourie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bedourie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost half of all homes in Bedourie house just two people, making it a small-scale residential area. This is a place where people often live in smaller groups, with far more residents living alone than in the typical Australian town.

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Where Bedourie sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -13.0%
  • 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 Bedourie — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bedourie2.0
4829, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.0 people per household, which is well below the national and state figure of 2.5. This is partly because 37.8% of people live alone—a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.0 ▼ -13.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.8% ▼ -2.2%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 38.6%
  • 2016: 40.0%
  • 2021: 37.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bedourie, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.7%, while 26.2% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 14.8%, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.

14.8% ▲ +112.5%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bedourie, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 27%.

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 Bedourie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30195/bedourie/topic/family-households