2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nanango · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nanango
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in small households has shaped Nanango since the last census. The town now sees a much higher rate of people living alone compared to most areas, with 37% of homes containing just one person. This shift contributes to a typical household size of 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Nanango — lower than 81% of areas.
| Nanango | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4615, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are common here, making up 37% of all households—a figure far above the Queensland average of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical home in Nanango has only 2.1 people, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
37.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Nanango splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.3% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Among all families, those with couples and children are the most common group at 40.1%.
22.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Nanango splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (37%), with One-parent families at 22%.
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 Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32100/nanango/topic/family-households