2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kuranda · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kuranda
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher proportions of single-parent families and solo dwellers mark the household profile of Kuranda compared to similar areas. While the typical home size matches the national figure, the way people live here differs from the norm. These trends highlight a community with a significant number of non-traditional home arrangements.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Kuranda — higher than 50% of areas.
| Kuranda | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4881, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people in Kuranda live alone, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most homes are small, with 37% of households consisting of two people and 29% containing just one person.
29.2% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kuranda, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas. This is well above the national rate of 14.1%, while couples with children account for 48.3% of families.
18.5% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kuranda, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31589/kuranda/topic/family-households