2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howard · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Howard
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person households have risen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011 in Howard. This trend has left the area with a higher proportion of people living alone than most similar places. Small households are now the norm here, with the typical home housing only 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Howard — lower than 71% of areas.
| Howard | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4659, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.2% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size of 2.1 people is a little below the Queensland average of 2.5.
34.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howard, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the local mix, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has remained steady since 2011, while couples without children are the most common family type at 46.1%.
21.7% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howard, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, 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 Howard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315043/howard/topic/family-households