2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gold Coast - Tweed Heads · Urban Area
Family & Households in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area has a strong focus on family living, with a much lower share of people living alone than in most other similar areas.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gold Coast - Tweed Heads | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4228, QLD | 3.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. The proportion of people living alone has fallen to 24.3% since 2011, a figure that is a little below the Australian average.
24.3% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gold Coast - Tweed Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.6% of families, while couples without children account for 28.9%. One-parent families make up 15.5% of the total, a share that is lower than most areas and has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
15.5% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gold Coast - Tweed Heads, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3007/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/family-households