2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Charters Towers City · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Charters Towers City
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people in Charters Towers City live alone, which is a much higher rate than most other areas. This high number of single-person households means the area has a smaller typical household size than the state and national figures.
2.1
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- 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 Charters Towers City — lower than 81% of areas.
| Charters Towers City | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is just 2.1, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 38.6% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure far above the national average.
38.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Charters Towers City splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.3% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 39.5% and couples without children at 34.1%.
24.3% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Charters Towers City, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Charters Towers City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30585/charters-towers-city/topic/family-households