Warwick · Urban Area

Family & Households in Warwick

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost half of all families in Warwick are couples with children, making them the most common family type. However, the area is seeing a shift towards smaller living arrangements, with a growing number of people living on their own.

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📍 Warwick, Urban Area

Where Warwick sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -8.0%
  • 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 Warwick — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Warwick2.3
4370, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.6% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home in Warwick has 2.3 people, a little below the Queensland average of 2.5.

2.3 ▼ -8.0%

Lower than 86% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.6% ▲ +26.7%

Higher than 78% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 24.9%
  • 2016: 25.6%
  • 2021: 31.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Warwick, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This figure has risen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.

19.7% ▲ +34.3%

Higher than 86% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 14.7%
  • 2016: 14.2%
  • 2021: 19.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Warwick, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (20%).

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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3018/warwick/topic/family-households