3.4 ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bamaga · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bamaga
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Bamaga holds 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This high number of residents per house reflects a strong trend toward larger households and a significant rise in one-parent families.
3.4
▲ +47.8%
- 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 Bamaga — higher than 91% of areas.
| Bamaga | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4876, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Fewer people live alone here than in most areas, with only 17.5% of households being single-person. This is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7% and marks a 15 point drop since 2011.
17.5% ▼ -46.7%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bamaga, the largest group is 2 people at 25%, followed by 6 or more (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.7% of the total, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 16 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 57%.
30.7% ▲ +112.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bamaga, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315006/bamaga/topic/family-households