3.6 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 4.5
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Saibai Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Saibai Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in one-parent families on Saibai Island than in the rest of the country. This community is defined by large households, with a typical home holding 3.6 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.6
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Saibai Island — higher than 96% of areas.
| Saibai Island | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the largest in the region, with 26% of households containing six or more people. About 23.4% of people live alone, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
23.4% ▲ +25.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Saibai Island splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (24%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 42.8% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.9%, while couples without children make up only 3.9%.
42.8% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Saibai Island, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 43%.
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 Saibai Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32503/saibai-island/topic/family-households