2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hay Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hay Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Hay Point are couples with children, making it a place centered on family life. This strong family focus is reflected in the low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Hay Point — higher than 50% of areas.
| Hay Point | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 42.2% of all homes in the area.
20.3% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hay Point, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.6% of the total, a figure well below both the Queensland average of 15.4% and the national rate of 14.1%. Couples with children are the dominant group at 53.7%.
10.6% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hay Point, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Hay Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31306/hay-point/topic/family-households