3.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pormpuraaw · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pormpuraaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Pormpuraaw holds 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This high number of residents per house reflects a community where large families are common and few people live on their own.
3.4
→ 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 Pormpuraaw — higher than 93% of areas.
| Pormpuraaw | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.7% of people here live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. This is consistent with the fact that 14.4% of households contain six or more people, one of the highest rates for this kind of area.
13.7% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 6 or more (15%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.3% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 45.3% of the community.
29.3% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (16%).
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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32349/pormpuraaw/topic/family-households