Wallumbilla · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Wallumbilla

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Wallumbilla than in most similar areas, with 28% of households consisting of a single person. This trend helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state and national figures, containing just 2.3 people.

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📍 Wallumbilla, Suburb / Locality

Where Wallumbilla sits — Average household size

2.3 ▲ +4.5%
  • 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 Wallumbilla — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wallumbilla2.3
4428, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are well above the Queensland figure, making up 28% of the total. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.6%, which is consistent with a typical home size that is a little below the national average.

2.3 ▲ +4.5%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.0% ▼ -17.4%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 33.9%
  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 28.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Wallumbilla splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Half of all families in Wallumbilla are couples with children, while 37.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.1% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure.

12.1% ▼ -8.3%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.2%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 12.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wallumbilla, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 38%.

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 Wallumbilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32970/wallumbilla/topic/family-households