Duchess · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Duchess

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family life in Duchess has remained steady since 2011, with a small population where nearly half of all families are couples with children. This quiet community sees very few single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Duchess sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Duchess — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Duchess2.4
4825 crosses QLD/NT 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Duchess has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Duchess splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Almost half of the families are couples with children, while 48.5% are couples without children. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

Family composition

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Duchess splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

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 Duchess [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30883/duchess/topic/family-households