2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackwater · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Blackwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Blackwater are couples with children. This makes it a place where family life is central, with households that are generally larger than those in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, the number of people living alone has risen since 2011.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Blackwater — higher than 71% of areas.
| Blackwater | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4717, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.6, which is higher than most areas, though it has edged down since 2011. A little over a quarter of residents (26.1%) live alone, a figure that rose 7.6 percentage points over the last decade.
26.1% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blackwater, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.5%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure and fell 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
15.5% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blackwater, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Blackwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315008/blackwater/topic/family-households