2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hervey Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hervey Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-parent families are much more common in Hervey Bay than across the rest of the country, making up 18.1% of all families. The area is primarily made up of small households, with the typical home housing just 2.3 people. This is a slight decrease from 2011, when the usual home size was 2.5 people.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Hervey Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
| Hervey Bay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent here at 42.9%, while 27.6% of people live alone. This share of single-person households is a little above the national figure and has risen since 2011.
27.6% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 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.
Couples with children make up 41.3% of families, followed closely by couples without children at 39.5%. One-parent families are well above the Australian average of 14.1%, though this figure has barely changed over the last decade.
18.1% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 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/ucl/UCL311002/hervey-bay/topic/family-households