3.5 ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Erub Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Erub Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in one-parent families on Erub Island than in the rest of the country. This is a place where homes are often crowded, with a typical household holding 3.5 people. These larger-than-average homes help support a high number of families with children.
3.5
▼ -20.5%
- 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 Erub Island — higher than 95% of areas.
| Erub Island | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the fact that 30% of households contain six or more people, while 26.3% of residents live alone, which is about the same as the Australian average.
26.3% ▲ +118.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Erub Island splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (28%) and 1 person (24%), with 2 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.7% of the community, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while couples without children make up a smaller share at 10.8%.
34.7% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Erub Island, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (35%) and Couples without children (11%).
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 Erub Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30983/erub-island/topic/family-households