Hope Island · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Hope Island

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people are living alone in Hope Island than in most other parts of the country. This is a place where couples dominate the housing landscape, with almost half of all homes belonging to couples with children.

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📍 Hope Island, Suburb / Locality

Where Hope Island sits — Average household size

2.4 → 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 Hope Island — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Hope Island2.4
4212, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 18.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.

2.4 → 0.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.9% ▲ +9.0%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.4%
  • 2016: 18.2%
  • 2021: 18.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Hope Island, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 46.7% of families, while couples without children account for 42.3%. Only 10.3% are one-parent families, which is well below the state and national figures.

10.3% ▲ +12.6%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 9.9%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Hope Island splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Hope Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31356/hope-island/topic/family-households