3.9 ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aurukun · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Aurukun
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly four people live in the typical home in Aurukun, which is well above the national figure. This high density is driven by a large number of one-parent families and a sharp drop in the number of people living alone.
3.9
▲ +69.6%
- 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 Aurukun — higher than 96% of areas.
| Aurukun | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 25.8% fitting six or more people. This trend has grown since 2011, and as a result, only 16.5% of residents live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure.
16.5% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Aurukun splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (26%) and 3 people (21%), with 1 person at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen by 15 points since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
35.2% ▲ +74.0%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aurukun, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (35%) and Couples without children (14%).
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 Aurukun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315004/aurukun/topic/family-households