3.3 ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 4.1
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Iama Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Iama Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are common on Iama Island, where the typical household is much larger than in other parts of the country. This is a community of big families and very few people living on their own, reflecting a way of life centered on shared households.
3.3
▼ -5.7%
- 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 Iama Island — higher than 91% of areas.
| Iama Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.3 people per home, household sizes here are well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.9% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Iama Island, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 6 or more (17%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 34.2% of families, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. More than half of all families are couples with children, making them the most common household type.
34.2% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Iama Island, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families 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 Iama Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31379/iama-island/topic/family-households