2.3 ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Babinda · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Babinda
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of single-person homes than most similar areas defines Babinda. While family life remains common, the typical household is now smaller than it was a decade ago. This shift is driven by a significant increase in people living alone.
2.3
▼ -37.8%
- 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 Babinda — lower than 57% of areas.
| Babinda | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4861, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the number of people per home has dropped from 3.7 in 2011 to 2.3 today, leaving it a little below the Queensland average.
33.8% ▲ +111.0%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Babinda splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.5% of families, while one-parent families account for 18.8%. This share of single-parent homes is well above the Australian average, though it has fallen since 2011.
18.8% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Babinda, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Babinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315005/babinda/topic/family-households