3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Poruma Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Poruma Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Changing family structures have shaped the way people live on Poruma Island. Large households are common here, with a typical home holding 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Poruma Island — higher than 91% of areas.
| Poruma Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes on the island are often crowded, with 20% of households containing six or more people. Interestingly, 28.9% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%.
28.9% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Poruma Island splits fairly evenly between 1 person (23%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is very common here, with one-parent families making up 40.7% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
40.7% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Poruma Island splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and One-parent families (43%), with Couples without children at 10%.
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 Poruma Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32355/poruma-island/topic/family-households