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.
Port Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Douglas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, independent living is a common feature of daily life in Port Douglas, where 32.5% of homes are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other parts of the country.
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 Port Douglas — lower than 81% of areas.
| Port Douglas | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4877, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.1 people per home, Port Douglas is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that nearly half of all households contain only two people, while 32.5% are single-person homes.
32.5% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Douglas, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families here are couples without children, at 51.3%. One-parent families make up 11.1% of the total, which is well below both the Queensland figure of 15.4% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.1% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Douglas, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32352/port-douglas/topic/family-households