2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunshine Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become more common in Sunshine Beach, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. The area is largely made up of two-person homes and couples without children.
2.2
→ 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 Sunshine Beach — lower than 76% of areas.
| Sunshine Beach | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4567, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.8% of residents live alone, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 47.5% of all homes.
26.8% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the largest family group at 45.4%, followed by couples with children at 40.7%. One-parent families make up 12.7% of the total, which is higher than most areas but a little below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
12.7% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Sunshine Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32700/sunshine-beach/topic/family-households