2.5 —
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rockhampton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Rockhampton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes shapes daily life in Rockhampton, where 19.4% of families are led by one parent. This is well above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas. While households generally match the national size, more people here live alone than is typical across Australia.
2.5
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- 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 Rockhampton — higher than 64% of areas.
| Rockhampton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4701, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Rockhampton holds 2.5 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2016. However, 28.9% of residents live alone, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages.
28.9% —
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rockhampton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 19.4% of the total, a figure that rose by 1.0 percentage point since 2016 and remains well above the state and national levels.
19.4% —
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rockhampton, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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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Cite this page
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/ucl/UCL311004/rockhampton/topic/family-households