2.5 ▼ -3.8%
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Queensland · State / Territory
Family & Households in Queensland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Queensland consist of couples with children. This makes the state's household patterns very similar to the national average, though it has a notably higher proportion of one-parent families than most other states.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 2.4: 3 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 1 area
- 2.7: 0 areas
- 2.8: 1 area
All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Queensland.
| Queensland | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Queensland holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 24.7% of people live alone—a number that has risen since 2011—this is still much lower than in most other similar areas.
24.7% ▲ +7.9%
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Queensland, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure is much higher than in most other states and has remained steady since 2011.
15.4% ▲ +4.9%
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Queensland, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Queensland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/3/queensland/topic/family-households