3.9 ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boigu Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boigu Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly four people per home make life in Boigu Island feel crowded compared to the rest of the country. This is a community where large households are the norm, with roughly half of all families being led by a single parent.
3.9
▲ +11.4%
- 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 Boigu Island — higher than 99% of areas.
| Boigu Island | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 30.4% of households containing six or more people. This explains why only 17.4% of people live alone, which is well below the national rate of 25.6%.
17.4% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boigu Island, the largest group is 6 or more at 32%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 2 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 49.7% of the total, a figure far above the Queensland average of 15.4%. Couples with children also make up a large portion of the community at 39.4%.
49.7% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boigu Island, the largest group is One-parent families at 49%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (7%).
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 Boigu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30301/boigu-island/topic/family-households