1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burrum Town · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Burrum Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Burrum Town, where the typical home holds only 1.8 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person.
1.8
—
- 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 Town — lower than 91% of areas.
| Burrum Town | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4659, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 43% of all households, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This high rate of people living alone means Burrum Town has some of the lowest numbers of residents per home in the region.
43.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burrum Town, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the local mix, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Couples without children are the most common family type at 42.5%.
19.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burrum Town, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30457/burrum-town/topic/family-households