2.9 ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Calliope · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Calliope
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a defining feature of Calliope compared to most similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.9 people, a figure that has climbed steadily since 2011. This shift is seen in the low number of people living alone and a strong presence of families with children.
2.9
▲ +45.0%
- 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 Calliope — higher than 86% of areas.
| Calliope | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Calliope are more crowded than the state and national figure of 2.5 people. Only 18.3% of residents live alone, which is well below the Australian average and marks a significant drop from 2011.
18.3% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Calliope, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 63.8%. One-parent families account for 16.3% of the total, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits slightly above the national average.
16.3% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Calliope, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315012/calliope/topic/family-households