1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cairns North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Cairns North are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households are the norm, with a typical home holding only 1.9 people.
1.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cairns North — lower than 89% of areas.
| Cairns North | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 45.6% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the 25.6% national figure and helps explain why the typical home has just 1.9 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5.
45.6% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns North, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the area, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. Other family types are common too, with couples with children representing 39.4% of households and couples without children at 36.4%.
21.3% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cairns North splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 Cairns North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30479/cairns-north/topic/family-households