2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oak Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oak Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller home sizes are common in Oak Beach, where the typical household has just 2.3 people. This is lower than most similar areas. Most homes here are occupied by couples without children, which helps explain why the area has a lower rate of people living alone than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Oak Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Oak Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4877, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 51% of households consist of two people, and only 20% of residents live alone. This lone-person rate is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.0% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oak Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 63.8%. While one-parent families represent 13.1% of the total, this is higher than in most similar areas.
13.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oak Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next 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 Oak Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32205/oak-beach/topic/family-households