Burnett Heads · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Burnett Heads

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost half of all families in Burnett Heads are couples without children. This creates a smaller typical household size than the national figure, with only 2.2 people living in the usual home.

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📍 Burnett Heads, Urban Centre

Where Burnett Heads sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -4.3%
  • 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 Burnett Heads — lower than 64% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Burnett Heads2.2
4670, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person homes are the most common, making up 46.7% of all households. The proportion of people living alone has fallen to 26.1%, which is about the same as the Australian figure.

2.2 ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.1% ▼ -21.9%

Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 33.4%
  • 2016: 17.3%
  • 2021: 26.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Burnett Heads, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 17.1% of the local total, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia. Couples with children account for 36.5% of families.

17.1% ▲ +2.3%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 12.4%
  • 2021: 17.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Burnett Heads, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with 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 Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315010/burnett-heads/topic/family-households