2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Duchess · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Duchess — lower than 57% of areas.
| Duchess | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Duchess splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).
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%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Duchess splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).
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