2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boompa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boompa
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Boompa than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, matching the national figure, there is a high proportion of single-person households.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Boompa — higher than 50% of areas.
| Boompa | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4621, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.6% of people live alone, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37.9% of the area.
27.6% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boompa, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.1%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.1% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boompa, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Boompa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30320/boompa/topic/family-households