2.2 ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Agnes Water · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Agnes Water
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share a home in Agnes Water than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds just 2.2 people, a figure that has fallen significantly since 2011. This reflects a shift toward smaller households, with nearly half of all homes housing just two people.
2.2
▼ -31.3%
- 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 Agnes Water — lower than 64% of areas.
| Agnes Water | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4677, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.4% of people live alone, which is a little above the Queensland figure and a 20 point rise since 2011. This trend helps explain why the usual household size is now lower than the national figure of 2.5.
26.4% ▲ +323.8%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Agnes Water, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 45.4%, while 42.4% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is well below the state average.
11.5% ▲ +79.1%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Agnes Water splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Agnes Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315001/agnes-water/topic/family-households