2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bundaberg · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bundaberg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Bundaberg, where 45.6% of families fall into this category. However, the area has seen a sharp rise in people living alone and single-parent homes. This shift has led to smaller overall households across the region.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Bundaberg — lower than 86% of areas.
| Bundaberg | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Bundaberg typically house 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011. This is partly because the number of people living alone rose 11 points since 2011 to 31.6%, a figure well above the Queensland average.
31.6% ▲ +50.4%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Bundaberg splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, making up 21.5% of all families. This is well above the national figure and represents a rise of 9.6 points since 2011.
21.5% ▲ +81.0%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bundaberg, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Bundaberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30009/bundaberg/topic/family-households