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.
Cairns · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cairns
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Cairns than in other parts of the country. While the typical household size is 2.5 people, the area sees a high proportion of single-parent homes compared to both Queensland and Australia.
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 Cairns — higher than 64% of areas.
| Cairns | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.5% of people in Cairns live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.8% of all homes.
27.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cairns, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Over half of all families here are couples with children.
18.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cairns, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Cairns
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cairns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL303001/cairns/topic/family-households