Windorah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Windorah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over 40% of households in Windorah consist of just one person, making it an area where living alone is far more common than usual. While many homes house two people, the typical household size is slightly smaller than the state and national figures.

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📍 Windorah, Suburb / Locality

Where Windorah sits — Average household size

2.3 → 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 Windorah — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Windorah2.3
4481, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 40.5% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Windorah holds 2.3 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.5% ▲ +32.8%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.5%
  • 2016: 40.9%
  • 2021: 40.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Windorah, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 5 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21% of the total, which is well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.2%.

21.0% ▲ +110.6%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 14.5%
  • 2021: 21.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Windorah splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (36%), with One-parent families at 19%.

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 Windorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33095/windorah/topic/family-households