Cloncurry · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Cloncurry

How families and households are made up across the area.

Well above the state and national figures, a high proportion of people live alone in Cloncurry. While the typical home size mirrors the rest of the country, there is a notable gap in how households are structured here. This is especially true for single-person homes and one-parent families.

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Where Cloncurry sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Cloncurry — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cloncurry2.5
4824, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.1% of people live alone, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Despite this, the usual household size is 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national average.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.1% ▲ +17.0%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.5%
  • 2016: 30.3%
  • 2021: 32.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Cloncurry splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17.0% of the total, a figure that is a little above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 56.1%.

17.0% ▲ +10.0%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.5%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cloncurry, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 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 Cloncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30628/cloncurry/topic/family-households