2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Barron River · State Electorate
Family & Households in Barron River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most homes in Barron River are shared by two or more people, with over half of all families raising children. This reflects a community where family units are common, though the number of one-parent families has risen since 2011.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Barron River — lower than 57% of areas.
| Barron River | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. While 23.3% of people live alone—a figure that has risen since 2011—this is still a little below the national average.
23.3% ▲ +18.5%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Barron River, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.8%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and has risen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
14.8% ▲ +37.8%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Barron River, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Barron River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30004/barron-river/topic/family-households