2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockhampton · State Electorate
Family & Households in Rockhampton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five homes in Rockhampton are run by a single parent, which is well above the national figure. While the typical household size is about 2.4 people, there is a strong presence of people living on their own. This mix shows a community with a high number of both single-parent families and solo dwellers.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Rockhampton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Rockhampton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, a figure well above the Queensland and national averages. While this has fallen since 2011, it helps explain why the typical home has 2.4 people, which is lower than most other areas.
29.9% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rockhampton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22% of the total, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure. This has risen sharply by 9.8 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.4%.
22.0% ▲ +80.0%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockhampton, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30073/rockhampton/topic/family-households