2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockhampton City · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rockhampton City
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty-four per cent of homes in Rockhampton City are occupied by just one person, the highest proportion in the area. This makes it a place where small households are the norm, far outweighing the typical family setup seen across the state.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Rockhampton City — lower than 86% of areas.
| Rockhampton City | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4700, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 44% of households, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home here has only 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
44.0% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockhampton City, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here at 31.6%, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This group is nearly as large as couples without children (31.7%) and couples with children (31.5%).
31.6% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rockhampton City splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (32%), with Couples with children at 32%.
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 Rockhampton City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32449/rockhampton-city/topic/family-households