3.4 ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ugar Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ugar Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive gap exists between Ugar Island and the rest of the country, with one-parent families making up 62% of the area. This high number of single-parent homes is a defining feature of the island's domestic life, where households are much larger than usual.
3.4
▲ +30.8%
- 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 Ugar Island — higher than 93% of areas.
| Ugar Island | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes on the island are crowded compared to the rest of the country. With 3.4 people per home, the figure is well above the Queensland and Australian average of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Ugar Island splits fairly evenly between 3 people (32%) and 6 or more (32%), with 1 person at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are far more common here than in Queensland or Australia, representing 62% of all families. This is the most typical family type, while couples with children make up 28% and couples without children account for 14%.
62.0% ▲ +63.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ugar Island, One-parent families is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 Ugar Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32893/ugar-island/topic/family-households