2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Crows Nest · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Crows Nest
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have been living alone in Crows Nest since 2011, contributing to a shift in how the town's homes are used. This trend has led to a smaller typical household size than the national figure, with a third of all homes now housing just one person.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Crows Nest — lower than 71% of areas.
| Crows Nest | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4355, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Crows Nest holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 34.2% of people live alone—a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011.
34.2% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Crows Nest, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the proportion of single-parent homes has actually fallen since 2011.
21.3% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Crows Nest, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (29%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315027/crows-nest/topic/family-households