2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Curtis · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Curtis
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen 39.3% of people in Port Curtis now living alone. This is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia, making single-person households a defining feature of the area.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Port Curtis — lower than 57% of areas.
| Port Curtis | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4700, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 40% of homes in Port Curtis are occupied by one person, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.4 people remains about the same as the national and state figures.
39.3% ▲ +109.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Curtis, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.4% of all families here, a figure well above the Queensland average. These families are a significant part of the local mix, alongside couples with children who make up 48.8% of families.
25.4% ▲ +59.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Curtis, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (25%) and Couples without children (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 Port Curtis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32351/port-curtis/topic/family-households