4.2 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 4.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doomadgee · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Doomadgee
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63% of families in Doomadgee, making it an area with very large households. The typical home is crowded compared to other regions, with an average of 4.2 people per dwelling. This is far above the national figure of 2.5 people.
4.2
▲ +40.0%
- 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 Doomadgee — higher than 99% of areas.
| Doomadgee | 4.2 |
|---|---|
| 4830, QLD | 3.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, with 28.8% of households containing six or more people. Very few people live alone (12.6%), which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
12.6% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Doomadgee, the largest group is 6 or more at 29%, followed by 2 people (18%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.8% of the community, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011.
24.8% ▲ +146.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doomadgee, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315030/doomadgee/topic/family-households