Camooweal · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Camooweal

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far higher proportion of single-parent families now live in Camooweal compared to the rest of the country. This creates a distinct family landscape where about 34.6% of families are headed by one parent, which is far above the national figure.

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📍 Camooweal, Suburb / Locality

Where Camooweal sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -7.4%
  • 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 Camooweal — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Camooweal2.5
4828, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.4% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. Despite this, the typical home contains 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.

2.5 ▼ -7.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.4% ▼ -20.3%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 38.2%
  • 2016: 42.2%
  • 2021: 30.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Camooweal splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 34.6% of all families in Camooweal, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 38.6%.

34.6% ▼ -30.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 50.0%
  • 2016: 51.0%
  • 2021: 34.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Camooweal splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (33%), with Couples without children at 30%.

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 Camooweal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30502/camooweal/topic/family-households