2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elliott Heads · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elliott Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than the national figure defines the living patterns in Elliott Heads. While the typical Australian home holds 2.5 people, the local figure is lower at 2.2, reflecting a community with many small households and a high number of residents living alone.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Elliott Heads — lower than 76% of areas.
| Elliott Heads | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. This contributes to smaller home sizes, with nearly 47% of households containing just two people.
27.3% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elliott Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the local total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas. Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.5%.
17.7% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elliott Heads, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Elliott Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30969/elliott-heads/topic/family-households