2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burrum Heads · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Burrum Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people typically live in each Burrum Heads home, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. This makes it a place of small households, where couples without children make up the vast majority of families.
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 Burrum Heads — lower than 86% of areas.
| Burrum Heads | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4659, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 58.9% of homes are occupied by two people, while 26.3% of residents live alone. This reflects a typical household size that is much lower than most similar areas.
26.3% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burrum Heads, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children dominate the local landscape at 68.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 7.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.3% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burrum Heads, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 23%.
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 Burrum Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30455/burrum-heads/topic/family-households