2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boulia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boulia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person households has become a defining feature of Boulia. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, nearly 40% of the town's households are people living alone, which is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Boulia — lower than 57% of areas.
| Boulia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4829, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 39.8% of people in Boulia live alone, a figure that is far above the national average of 25.6%. This high rate of single-person homes is balanced by 34% of households with two people, while those with six or more people make up 8.7%.
39.8% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boulia, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 27.6% of the local total, which is far above the 15.4% seen across Queensland. Couples with children are the most common family type at 41.3%, followed by couples without children at 26.5%.
27.6% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boulia, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (28%).
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 Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30340/boulia/topic/family-households