2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Longreach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Longreach compared to the rest of the country. While most homes are small, the area has a higher proportion of one-parent families than the national average. This mix of living arrangements reflects a community where single-person households are particularly common.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Longreach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Longreach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4730, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home in Longreach holds 2.3 people, a little below the 2.5 seen across Australia.
33.1% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Longreach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while 30.8% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.2% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longreach, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/family-households