Nome · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Nome

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live in each home in Nome than in most similar areas. The typical household here is small, with 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the national figure.

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Where Nome sits — Average household size

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 Nome — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nome2.3
4816, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person homes are the most common at 48.1%, while 23.7% of people live alone. This is a little below the 25.6% national figure for those living by themselves.

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.

23.7% ▲ +2.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.1%
  • 2016: 25.9%
  • 2021: 23.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Nome, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 45.3% of families. One-parent families account for 10.4%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

10.4% ▲ +79.9%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 10.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Nome splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Nome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32157/nome/topic/family-households