2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cassowary · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cassowary
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Cassowary than in most similar areas. This place is dominated by family homes, with the typical household containing 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6
—
- 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 Cassowary — higher than 57% of areas.
| Cassowary | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.6% of residents live by themselves, a figure far below the Queensland average of 24.7%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 45.5% of all households.
13.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cassowary, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are mostly couples, with 58% raising children and 37% without. One-parent families make up just 5.0% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
5.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cassowary, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Cassowary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30557/cassowary/topic/family-households