Durack · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Durack

How families and households are made up across the area.

A high number of single-person homes shapes daily life in Durack, where 31.7% of households consist of just one person. This is well above the national figure, though homes typically hold 2.6 people, which is about the same as across Australia.

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Where Durack sits — Average household size

2.6 → 0.0%
  • 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 Durack — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Durack2.6
4077, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 32% of residents live alone, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland rate of 24.7%. Small households are common, with one- or two-person homes making up nearly 60% of the total.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.7% ▼ -0.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 31.9%
  • 2016: 29.7%
  • 2021: 31.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Durack splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 59.4% of all family units.

17.9% ▲ +1.5%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.6%
  • 2016: 16.6%
  • 2021: 17.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Durack, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 21%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30905/durack/topic/family-households