2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakey
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families live in Oakey than in most similar areas. While the typical home size matches the national figure, a high proportion of the community lives alone or in single-parent households.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Oakey — higher than 50% of areas.
| Oakey | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4401, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of residents live alone, which is a little above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Most homes contain two people (34.8%), and the typical household size is 2.5 people.
27.3% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakey, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 23.7% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Nearly half of all families are couples with children (49.4%), while 26.1% are couples without children.
23.7% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakey, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32209/oakey/topic/family-households