3.4 ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cherbourg · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cherbourg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Cherbourg are headed by a single parent. This is a striking figure that places the area far above state and national levels. The community is characterised by larger-than-usual households and a high proportion of families with children.
3.4
▼ -19.0%
- 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 Cherbourg — higher than 91% of areas.
| Cherbourg | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4605, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Cherbourg are crowded, with 3.4 people per home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. While this number has fallen since 2011, 17.9% of households still contain six or more people.
22.5% ▲ +71.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cherbourg splits fairly evenly between 1 person (23%) and 3 people (21%), with 6 or more at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 55.5% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This proportion has risen by 21 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children account for 34.3% of families.
55.5% ▲ +62.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cherbourg, One-parent families is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Cherbourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315018/cherbourg/topic/family-households