2.3 ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hervey Bay · Urban Area
Family & Households in Hervey Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp increase in people living alone has reshaped Hervey Bay since 2011. The area now sees more single-person households and a higher share of one-parent families than the national average. This shift has contributed to a decline in the typical number of people living in each home.
2.3
▼ -23.3%
- 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 Hervey Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hervey Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Hervey Bay now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is a notable drop from 3.0 people per home in 2011, while the share of people living alone rose 16 percentage points to 27.6%.
27.6% ▲ +139.0%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hervey Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the area, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and has risen 10 percentage points since 2011. Most families here are couples, with 41.3% having children and 39.5% without.
18.1% ▲ +129.6%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Hervey Bay splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3009/hervey-bay/topic/family-households