2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bundaberg West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bundaberg West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Bundaberg West are occupied by just one person. This creates a landscape where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Bundaberg West — lower than 86% of areas.
| Bundaberg West | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 47.5% of people here live alone, a figure far above the Queensland average of 24.7%. This helps explain why the area has much lower numbers of people per home than most other areas.
47.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bundaberg West, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.1% of the total, which is far above both the state and national figures. Couples with children are the most common family type at 38.8%, while couples without children account for 30.1%.
28.1% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bundaberg West, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Bundaberg West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30424/bundaberg-west/topic/family-households