2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cairns · Urban Area
Family & Households in Cairns
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significant 18.8% of families in Cairns are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a shift in the city's home life, where one-parent households have risen by 10 percentage points since 2011.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Cairns — higher than 71% of areas.
| Cairns | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Cairns hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. While the number of people per home has fallen since 2011, those living alone rose 11 points to reach 27.5%.
27.5% ▲ +65.4%
Lower than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.2% of families here. The proportion of one-parent families is much higher than most other areas, sitting well above the Queensland figure by 3.4 points.
18.8% ▲ +114.0%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3004/cairns/topic/family-households