2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stuart · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stuart
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant rise in single-person living has shaped the home life of Stuart since 2011. This area now sees far more people living alone than the national average, while one-parent families are also much more common here than in other parts of the country.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Stuart — lower than 57% of areas.
| Stuart | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4811, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36% of people in Stuart live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household size of 2.4 people is slightly lower than the Queensland average.
36.0% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stuart, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.9% of the local total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 43.6%.
27.9% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stuart, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (26%).
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 Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32683/stuart/topic/family-households