2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Daintree · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Daintree
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Lower Daintree are couples with children, making this a very family-oriented area. Most homes here are larger than the national average, which is consistent with the high number of parents raising children in the region.
2.6
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- 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 Lower Daintree — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lower Daintree | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lower Daintree holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. About 23.3% of residents live alone, a figure slightly below the Queensland and national averages.
23.3% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Lower Daintree splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 4 people (31%), with 1 person at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.4% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Daintree, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Lower Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31692/lower-daintree/topic/family-households