2.4 ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Roma · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Roma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has surged in Roma, with the share of people living alone climbing 16 points since 2011. This shift has helped push the number of people per home down from 2.8 to 2.4 over the last decade. While family life remains common, the way people live in the town is changing quickly.
2.4
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Roma — higher than 57% of areas.
| Roma | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4455, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are also common at 32.2%, and the typical home now holds 2.4 people.
32.1% ▲ +95.1%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Roma splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 16.5% of the total, a figure that has risen 7.3 points since 2011 and sits slightly above the Queensland average.
16.5% ▲ +80.2%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Roma, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Roma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314020/roma/topic/family-households