CensusAtlas

Whitsunday · State Electorate

Family & Households in Whitsunday

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people now live together in Whitsunday than in previous years, with 2.6 people in the typical home. This area has a strong family focus, as far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state and nation.

Open map →
📍 Whitsunday, State Electorate

Where Whitsunday sits — Average household size

2.6 —

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Whitsunday — higher than 57% of areas.

Whitsunday2.6
Rest of Qld 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 21.1% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 36.8% of households containing two people.

Household size

View on map →

In Whitsunday, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).

2 people 36.8% 1 person 21.1% 4 people 16.7% 3 people 15.3% 5 people 7.2% 6 or more 3.0%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the biggest group at 57.6%. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

Family composition

View on map →

In Whitsunday, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Whitsunday

Full area profile →

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30092/whitsunday/topic/family-households