2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Queenstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Queenstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in Queenstown are made up of just one person. This makes the area feel quite different from most of the country, as homes here are typically much smaller than the national average.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Queenstown — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 43% of people live alone, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 29%. Because so many live by themselves, the typical home in Queenstown holds only 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
43.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Queenstown, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.5%.
19.5% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Queenstown, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (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 Queenstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60531/queenstown/topic/family-households