2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockhampton · Urban Area
Family & Households in Rockhampton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone or in single-parent homes in Rockhampton since 2011. While the typical household size has stayed steady at 2.5 people, one-parent families have increased significantly to 19.2%. This shift reflects a changing family landscape that now differs more from the national average than it did a decade ago.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Rockhampton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Rockhampton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4711, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27% of residents live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is now a little above the national rate. Most homes are small, with 33.4% containing two people and 27% containing just one.
27.0% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rockhampton, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.2% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a significant increase from 2011, though couples with children remain the most common family type at 53.8%.
19.2% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockhampton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3014/rockhampton/topic/family-households