2.2 ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Townsville · State Electorate
Family & Households in Townsville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all households in Townsville are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This shift has seen the typical number of people per home drop from 2.9 to 2.2 since 2011. These trends show a move toward smaller, more independent living arrangements across the region.
2.2
▼ -24.1%
- 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 Townsville — lower than 90% of areas.
| Townsville | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 35.8% of households containing just one person, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. Consequently, the typical home holds 2.2 people, a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5.
35.8% ▲ +75.2%
Higher than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Townsville splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While this is much higher than most areas, the proportion has fallen 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
18.7% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Townsville, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Townsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30088/townsville/topic/family-households