2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hinchinbrook · State Electorate
Family & Households in Hinchinbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live on their own in Hinchinbrook compared to other parts of the country, meaning more residents share their homes. Most households are headed by couples, and the typical home now holds slightly more people than it did a decade ago.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Hinchinbrook — higher than 57% of areas.
| Hinchinbrook | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hinchinbrook holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. Only 20.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
20.9% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hinchinbrook, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.7% of the total, which is a little below the Queensland figure and has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hinchinbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Hinchinbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30035/hinchinbrook/topic/family-households