2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackbutt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blackbutt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Blackbutt are couples without children, marking a distinct trend for the area. This is a place where homes are typically small, with far fewer people living under one roof compared to the state and national averages.
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 Blackbutt — lower than 86% of areas.
| Blackbutt | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4314, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 36.4% of residents live alone, a rate far above the Queensland average of 24.7%.
36.4% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blackbutt, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are less common, with couples with children accounting for 31.9% of families.
20.7% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blackbutt, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (31%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Blackbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30272/blackbutt/topic/family-households