2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palm Cove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palm Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Palm Cove house just two people, making it a place where small households are the norm. This trend is driven by a high number of couples and people living alone, meaning the area feels much quieter than most other parts of the state.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Palm Cove — lower than 81% of areas.
| Palm Cove | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4879, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that 28.3% of people live alone, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%.
28.3% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palm Cove, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 51.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.5% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palm Cove, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Palm Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32258/palm-cove/topic/family-households