2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) are couples with children. This makes the area a significant hub for family life, with household sizes and family structures remaining very stable over the last decade.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) — higher than 64% of areas.
| Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4226, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas and matches the national figure. About 23.7% of residents live alone, a rate slightly below the Australian average.
23.7% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55% of families, while those without children account for 28.4%. One-parent families represent 15.5% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL302001/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/family-households