2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Castaways Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Castaways Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Castaways Beach than in most similar areas, with only 10.5% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where the vast majority of residents share their living space with others.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Castaways Beach — higher than 57% of areas.
| Castaways Beach | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4567, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 2.5. Nearly half of all households (49.2%) consist of two people, while only 10.5% of people live alone, a figure far below the Queensland average of 24.7%.
10.5% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Castaways Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 55.5% of families. The rate of one-parent families is 8.1%, which is well below both the state (15.4%) and national (14.1%) figures.
8.1% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Castaways Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Castaways Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30558/castaways-beach/topic/family-households