2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Point Vernon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Point Vernon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families set Point Vernon apart from most similar areas. While households here are generally smaller than the national figure, the area is a mix of couples and single-parent homes.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Point Vernon — lower than 71% of areas.
| Point Vernon | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Point Vernon holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, while 26.1% of residents live alone.
26.1% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Point Vernon, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 20% of families here, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 40%, followed closely by couples with children at 38.3%.
20.0% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Point Vernon splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Point Vernon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32344/point-vernon/topic/family-households