2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Black River
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Black River are couples with children, making it a family-focused area. The typical home is larger than in most other areas, with an average of 2.7 people living in each household.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Black River — higher than 71% of areas.
| Black River | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live alone here compared to most areas, with only 17.4% of households being single-person. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.4% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Black River, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families. One-parent families account for 13.0%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
13.0% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Black River, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children 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 Black River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30268/black-river/topic/family-households