2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Eacham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Eacham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lake Eacham compared to the rest of the country, with only 14.7% of households being single-person homes. This is a community where most people share their living space, and the typical home contains 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 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 Lake Eacham — higher than 50% of areas.
| Lake Eacham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4884, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 53% of homes are shared by two people, which helps explain why the 14.7% of people living alone is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Overall, the household size is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
14.7% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Eacham, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.2% of families, while couples without children account for 41.7%. Only 11.6% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the state average of 15.4%.
11.6% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Lake Eacham splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Lake Eacham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31614/lake-eacham/topic/family-households