2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Obum Obum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Obum Obum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Obum Obum than in the rest of the country, with only 14.3% of households being single-person homes. This trend contributes to a family-focused environment where the typical home contains 2.5 people, matching the Queensland and national figures.
2.5
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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 Obum Obum — higher than 50% of areas.
| Obum Obum | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4309, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About half of all homes in Obum Obum house two people, while 14.3% are single-person households. This rate of people living alone is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7% and the national average of 25.6%.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Obum Obum, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.8% of families here, while one-parent families account for only 5.3%. This proportion of single parents is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
5.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Obum Obum, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Obum Obum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32217/obum-obum/topic/family-households