Airlie Beach - Cannonvale · Urban Area

Family & Households in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people are living in each home in Airlie Beach - Cannonvale than they were in 2011. While the typical household size has shrunk to 2.4 people, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of people living on their own.

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📍 Airlie Beach - Cannonvale, Urban Area

Where Airlie Beach - Cannonvale sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -11.1%
  • 2.0: 2 areas
  • 2.1: 1 area
  • 2.2: 11 areas
  • 2.3: 27 areas
  • 2.4: 24 areas
  • 2.5: 27 areas
  • 2.6: 9 areas
  • 2.7: 5 areas
  • 2.8: 3 areas
  • 2.9: 0 areas
  • 3.0: 1 area
  • 3.1: 0 areas
  • 3.2: 0 areas
  • 3.3: 1 area

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Airlie Beach - Cannonvale — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Airlie Beach - Cannonvale2.4
4802, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person homes are the most common here at 38%. People living alone make up 26.6% of households, a figure that has risen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011 and is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.

2.4 ▼ -11.1%

Lower than 57% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.6% ▲ +21.1%

Lower than 74% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 22.0%
  • 2016: 22.0%
  • 2021: 26.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Airlie Beach - Cannonvale, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

About half of all families here are couples with children, while 33.7% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.6% of the mix, which is about the same as the 15.4% seen across Queensland.

14.6% ▲ +1.3%

Lower than 75% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 14.4%
  • 2016: 14.5%
  • 2021: 14.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Airlie Beach - Cannonvale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Airlie Beach - Cannonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3001/airlie-beach-cannonvale/topic/family-households