2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hamilton Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hamilton Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small home sizes and a high number of people living alone shape daily life on Hamilton Island. The area is much less crowded than typical Australian homes, with the typical household containing just 2 people.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Hamilton Island — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hamilton Island | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4802, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.3% of people live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen by 10 points since 2011. Consequently, the number of people per home is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
40.3% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamilton Island splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of the families here. One-parent families account for 9.4%, which is well below the national figure, though this has risen since 2011.
9.4% ▲ +181.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamilton Island, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Hamilton Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315040/hamilton-island/topic/family-households