2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boonah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Boonah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Boonah, accounting for 44.6% of all family homes. The area has seen a significant shift in how people live, with far more people now living alone than a decade ago. This has contributed to a smaller typical household size across the town.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 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 Boonah — lower than 57% of areas.
| Boonah | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4310, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people in Boonah live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This rise in single-person homes has helped pull the typical number of people per home down to 2.3, a little below the state and national figures.
31.3% ▲ +83.8%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boonah, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the community, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average. This represents a sharp increase from 2011, when only 8.5% of families fell into this category.
17.3% ▲ +104.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boonah, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Boonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315009/boonah/topic/family-households