2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burnett · State Electorate
Family & Households in Burnett
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Burnett are about the same as the national average, though the area has fewer one-parent families than most other places. With 45.6% of families consisting of couples with children, the local family structure remains relatively stable. The typical home here is small, with just 2.4 people per household.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Burnett — lower than 71% of areas.
| Burnett | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 44.7%, while 23.7% of people live alone. This rate of single-person households is lower than in most other areas and has barely changed since 2011.
23.7% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burnett, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 41% of local families, while one-parent families account for 12.7%. This figure for single parents is a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
12.7% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Burnett splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Burnett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30013/burnett/topic/family-households