2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hervey Range · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a roof in Hervey Range than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm, with very few people living on their own and a high proportion of families with children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hervey Range — higher than 76% of areas.
| Hervey Range | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4817, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with typically 2.8 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 across Australia. Only 13.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Hervey Range, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 58.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 9.2%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Hervey Range, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hervey Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31325/hervey-range/topic/family-households